/**
* Create a new task.
*
* @param Request $request
* @return Response
*/
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->authorize('blog', Auth::user());
$this->validate($request, Post::storeRules());
$this->validate($request, Category::storeRules());
$this->validate($request, Tag::storeRules());
\DB::transaction(function () use($request) {
$post = Post::create(Post::storeAttributes($request));
$categories = explode(',', $request->categories);
// remove empty items from array
$categories = array_filter($categories);
// trim all the items in array
$categories = array_map('trim', $categories);
$post->saveCategories($categories);
$tags = explode(',', $request->tags);
// remove empty items from array
$tags = array_filter($tags);
// trim all the items in array
$tags = array_map('trim', $tags);
$post->saveTags($tags);
});
return redirect(route('blog'));
}
/**
* Update the given task.
*
* @param Request $request
* @param Task $task
* @return Response
*/
public function update(Request $request, Post $post)
{
$this->authorize('blog', Auth::user());
$this->validate($request, Post::storeRules());
$this->validate($request, Category::storeRules());
$this->validate($request, Tag::storeRules());
\DB::transaction(function () use($request, $post) {
$post->update(Post::storeAttributes($request));
$categories = explode(',', $request->categories);
// remove empty items from array
$categories = array_filter($categories);
// trim all the items in array
$categories = array_map('trim', $categories);
$post->saveCategories($categories);
$tags = explode(',', $request->tags);
// remove empty items from array
$tags = array_filter($tags);
// trim all the items in array
$tags = array_map('trim', $tags);
//\Debugbar::info($tags);
$post->saveTags($tags);
});
return redirect(route('post.edit', $post))->with('success', 'Profile updated!');
}
public function saveCategories($categories)
{
$save_etis = [];
foreach ($categories as $eti) {
$eti = trim($eti);
$eti = html_entity_decode($eti);
$tmp = Category::where('name', 'like', $eti)->get()->first();
if (is_null($tmp)) {
$tmp = new Category(['name' => $eti]);
$tmp->save();
}
array_push($save_etis, $tmp->id);
}
// \Debugbar::info($save_etis);
if (count($save_etis) > 0) {
$this->categories()->sync($save_etis);
}
}