public function save() {
$name = $this -> input -> post("name");
$latitude = $this -> input -> post("latitude");
$longitude = $this -> input -> post("longitude");
$years = $this -> input -> post("years");
$populations = $this -> input -> post("populations");
$region_id = $this -> input -> post("region_id");
//Check if we are in editing mode first; if so, retrieve the edited record. if not, create a new one!
if(strlen($region_id)>0){
$region = Regions::getRegion($region_id);
//also, retrieve the region-population combinations for future comparisons. Delete the old ones
$region_populations = Regional_Populations::getAllForRegion($region_id);
foreach($region_populations as $region_population){
$region_population->delete();
}
}
else{
$region = new Regions();
}
$region -> name = $name;
$region -> latitude = $latitude;
$region -> longitude = $longitude;
$region -> save();
$region_id = $region -> id;
$counter = 0;
//Loop to get all the year-population combinations. Only add the ones that have actual values
foreach ($years as $year) {
if (strlen($year)>1) {
$region_population = new Regional_Populations();
$region_population -> name = $name;
$region_population -> population = $populations[$counter];
$region_population -> year = $years[$counter];
$region_population -> region_id = $region_id;
$region_population -> save();
$counter++;
} else {
$counter++;
continue;
}
}
redirect("region_management");
}
