public function store(StoreOptionsRequest $request)
{
/* Retrieve current data from database, If there is current data, then there will only be ONE row.
* Otherwise, we will create a row and insert the data provided by the user.
*/
$opts = Options::first();
if ($opts === null) {
$opts = new Options();
}
/* Simply set the month and year of current issue */
$opts->current_year = Input::get('year');
$opts->current_month = Input::get('month');
if ($opts->save()) {
return Redirect::to('/admin/');
} else {
$years = [];
/* Set years options to a range of from 5 years ago to 5 years
* into the future.
*/
for ($i = Carbon::now()->format('Y') - 5; $i < Carbon::now()->format('Y') + 5; $i++) {
$years[] = $i;
}
$months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];
/* The current issue's month and year as retrieved from database */
$selected = ['month' => $opts->month, 'year' => $opts->year];
return View::make('admin.options', ['error' => 'Unable to save data to database!', 'options' => $opts, 'months' => $months, 'years' => $years, 'selected' => $selected]);
}
}
