protected function syncChildren($thingName, $member, $parent)
{
if (!isset($parent[$member])) {
throw new DumbassDeveloperException($member . " is not a child member of given parent");
}
$channel = Channel::Shopify;
$children = $parent[$member];
$parentThing = Thing::loadByAltId($parent["id"]);
foreach ($children as $child) {
$id = $child['id'];
$thingChild = null;
try {
$thingChild = Thing::loadByAltId($id);
} catch (InstanceNotFoundException $ex) {
//create a thing for the top level product
$thingChild = new Thing();
$thingChild->setAltid($id);
$thingChild->setName($thingName);
$thingChild->setChannel($channel);
$thingChild->setThing($parentThing);
//set the parent of the child thing
$thingChild->save();
}
//all data associated to the child
$thingData_raw = $thingChild->getData();
//indexed numerically
//make array indexed by key
$thingDatas = array();
//indexed by key
foreach ($thingData_raw as $thingData) {
$thingDatas[$thingData->getKey()] = $thingData;
}
foreach ($child as $key => $value) {
//create a new data if not exist in thingData
if (!isset($thingDatas[$key])) {
$data = new Data();
$data->setKey($key);
$data->setValue($value);
$data->setThing($thingChild);
$data->save();
} else {
$dbData = $thingDatas[$key];
if ($dbData->getValue() != $value) {
$dbData->setValue($value);
$dbData->save();
}
}
}
}
}