/**
* Adds a datalist to the current field
*
* @param array $datalist An array to use a source
* @param string $value The field to use as value
* @param string $key The field to use as key
*/
public function useDatalist($datalist, $value = null, $key = null)
{
$datalist = Helpers::queryToArray($datalist, $value, $key);
$list = $this->list ?: 'datalist_' . $this->name;
// Create the link to the datalist
$this->list = $list;
$this->datalist = $datalist;
return $this;
}
/**
* Use the results from a Fluent/Eloquent query as options
*
* @param array $results An array of Eloquent models
* @param string|function $text The value to use as text
* @param string|array $attributes The data to use as attributes
* @param string $selected The default selected item
*/
public function fromQuery($results, $text = null, $attributes = null, $selected = null)
{
$this->options(Helpers::queryToArray($results, $text, $attributes), $selected);
return $this;
}
/**
* Creates a series of checkable items
*
* @param array $_items Items to create
*/
protected function items($_items)
{
// If passing an array
if (sizeof($_items) == 1 and isset($_items[0]) and is_array($_items[0])) {
$_items = $_items[0];
}
// Fetch models if that's what we were passed
if (isset($_items[0]) and is_object($_items[0])) {
$_items = Helpers::queryToArray($_items);
$_items = array_flip($_items);
}
// Iterate through items, assign a name and a label to each
$count = 0;
foreach ($_items as $label => $name) {
// Define a fallback name in case none is found
$fallback = $this->isCheckbox() ? $this->name . '_' . $count : $this->name;
// Grouped fields
if ($this->isGrouped()) {
$attributes['id'] = str_replace('[]', null, $fallback);
$fallback = str_replace('[]', null, $this->name) . '[]';
}
// If we haven't any name defined for the checkable, try to compute some
if (!is_string($label) and !is_array($name)) {
$label = $name;
$name = $fallback;
}
// If we gave custom information on the item, add them
if (is_array($name)) {
$attributes = $name;
$name = array_get($attributes, 'name', $fallback);
unset($attributes['name']);
}
// Store all informations we have in an array
$item = array('name' => $name, 'label' => Helpers::translate($label), 'count' => $count);
if (isset($attributes)) {
$item['attributes'] = $attributes;
}
$this->items[] = $item;
$count++;
}
}