public function CreateUser($information)
{
// The regisration object which will hold the results of the function
$regisration = array();
$regisration['status'] = true;
// Check to see if account already exists
if (UserModel::where('username', '=', $information['username'])->exists() || UserModel::where('email_address', '=', $information['emailAddress'])->exists()) {
$regisration['status'] = false;
$regisration['message'] = "account already exists";
return $regisration;
}
// Create user first
$user = new UserModel();
$user->username = $information['username'];
$user->password = Hash::make($information['password']);
$user->first_name = $information['firstName'];
$user->last_name = $information['lastName'];
$user->email_address = $information['emailAddress'];
$user->save();
// Create financial records
$finance = new FinanceModel();
$finance->account_id = $account->account_id;
$finance->finance_type = "paypal";
$finance->balance = 0.0;
$finance->save();
return $regisration;
}
public function RefundTicket($userId, $ticketId)
{
$return = array();
$return['status'] = true;
// Get the raffle information from the ticket
$ticket = TicketModel::find($ticketId);
// Decrement the current number of tickets column for the raffle
$ticket->raffle->current_num_tickets--;
$ticket->raffle->save();
// Refund the ticket price to the users account
$user = UserModel::find($userId);
$user->finance->balance = $user->finance->balance + $ticket->raffle->ticket_price;
$user->finance->save();
// Delete the ticket ( acutally setting the isDeleted to true)
$ticket->is_deleted = 1;
$ticket->save();
return $return;
}
