/**
* Process a post request, creating a new user
*
* Note: we don't just create using the raw request data because the password
* needs to be encrypted
*/
public function store(Request $request)
{
$data = $request->all();
User::create(['name' => $data['name'], 'username' => $data['username'], 'role' => $data['role'], 'email' => $data['email'], 'phone' => $data['phone'], 'color' => $data['color'], 'password' => bcrypt($data['password'])]);
// after we create the user, go to the directory
return redirect('directory');
}
/**
* Given an array of shifts, return xml formatted the way the monthly.js plugin
* needs it
*
* @var array $shifts
* @return formatetd xml
*
* @todo this bit of business logic really probably ought to go elsewhere, but
* I don't understand laravel 5 well enough yet to know exactly where
*/
protected function getScheduleXml($shifts)
{
$scheduleXml = new \SimpleXMLElement('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><monthly/>');
foreach ($shifts as $shift) {
// get the employee who is scheduled for this shift
$employee = User::find($shift->employee_id);
$name = $employee ? $employee->name : "Open shift";
$color = $employee ? $employee->color : "grey";
$url = $employee ? "/contact/" . $employee->id : "";
$shiftXml = $scheduleXml->addChild('event');
$shiftXml->addChild('id', $shift->id);
$shiftXml->addChild('name', $name);
$shiftXml->addChild('startdate', $shift->start_time->format("Y-m-d"));
$shiftXml->addChild('enddate', $shift->end_time->format("Y-m-d"));
$shiftXml->addChild('starttime', $shift->start_time->format("H:i"));
$shiftXml->addChild('endtime', $shift->end_time->format("H:i"));
$shiftXml->addChild('color', $color);
$shiftXml->addChild('url', $url);
}
return $scheduleXml->asXML();
}
/**
* Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
*
* @param array $data
* @return User
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
return User::create(['name' => $data['name'], 'username' => $data['username'], 'role' => $data['role'], 'email' => $data['email'], 'phone' => $data['phone'], 'color' => $data['color'], 'password' => bcrypt($data['password'])]);
}