/**
* Saves all the image attachments to the DB
*/
public function saveImageAttachments(Request $request)
{
//get array of all types('context') of attachments for this model
$this->attachmentNames = $this->getImageAttachmentNames();
//first of all create the index of all input attachments
foreach ($request->all() as $key => $input) {
$this->addToInputIndex($key);
}
//go through index and save them to database
foreach ($this->attachmentNames as $context) {
if (isset($this->inputIndex[$context])) {
$priority = 0;
foreach ($this->inputIndex[$context]['identifiers'] as $attachmentID) {
$field = $context . '_' . $attachmentID . '_';
//if no id feild, then create a new attachment
if ($request->get($field . 'id') == null) {
Attachment::create(['context' => $context, 'url' => $request->get($field . 'url'), 'alt' => $request->get($field . 'alt'), 'caption' => $request->get($field . 'caption'), 'status' => 'active', 'model' => get_class(), 'model_id' => $this->id, 'priority' => $priority]);
} else {
if ($request->get($field . 'url') == '' && $request->get($field . 'caption') == '' && $request->get($field . 'alt') == '') {
Attachment::destroy($request->get($field . 'id'));
} else {
$attachment = Attachment::find($request->get($field . 'id'));
$attachment->update(['context' => $context, 'url' => $request->get($field . 'url'), 'alt' => $request->get($field . 'alt'), 'caption' => $request->get($field . 'caption'), 'status' => 'active', 'priority' => $priority], ['id' => $request->get($field . 'id')]);
}
}
$priority++;
}
}
}
}
