/**
* Creates a new Advisor and returns the Advisor Object.
* @return [type] [description]
*/
public function createAdvisor($first_name, $last_name, $email, $password, $bio, $linkedin = null, $permission = 1, $image = null)
{
if ($linkedin !== null) {
$parsed = parse_url($linkedin);
if (empty($parsed['scheme'])) {
$linkedin = 'http://' . ltrim($linkedin, '/');
}
}
$advisor = new Advisor();
$advisor->first_name = $first_name;
$advisor->email = $email;
$advisor->last_name = $last_name;
$advisor->password = Hash::make($password);
$advisor->permissions = $permission;
$advisor->bio = $bio;
$advisor->linkedin = $linkedin;
$advisor->save();
if ($image !== null) {
Image::make($image)->resize(300, null, function ($constraint) {
$constraint->aspectRatio();
})->save('img/profile/' . $advisor->id . $advisor->first_name . $advisor->last_name . '.jpg');
$advisor->profile_img = '/img/profile/' . $advisor->id . $adivsor->first_name . $advisor->last_name . '.jpg';
$advisor->save();
}
$advisor->services()->attach(1);
Auth::login($advisor);
return $advisor;
}
