public function newTweet(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, ['content' => 'required|max:140']);
$newTweet = new Tweet();
$newTweet->content = $request->content;
$newTweet->user_id = \Auth::user()->id;
$newTweet->save();
//Process Tags
$tags = explode('#', $request->tags);
$tagsFormatted = [];
//clean up the tags
foreach ($tags as $tag) {
if (trim($tag)) {
$tagsFormatted[] = strtolower(trim($tag));
}
}
//Loop over each tag
foreach ($tagsFormatted as $tag) {
//Grab the first matching result OR insert this new unique tag
$theTag = Tag::firstOrCreate(['name' => $tag]);
$allTagIds[] = $theTag->id;
}
//Attacth the Tag IDs to the tweet
$newTweet->tags()->attach($allTagIds);
return redirect('profile');
}
public function newTweet(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, ['content' => 'required|min:2|max:140']);
$newTweet = new Tweet();
// point to columns in db
$newTweet->content = $request->content;
// user who is logged in take their id
$newTweet->user_id = \Auth::user()->id;
// Save into database
$newTweet->save();
// Process the tags
$tags = explode('#', $request->tags);
$tagsFormatted = [];
// clean up tags, remove white spaces
foreach ($tags as $tag) {
// if after trimming something remains
if (trim($tag)) {
$tagsFormatted[] = strtolower(trim($tag));
}
}
$allTagIds = [];
// Loop over eah tag
foreach ($tagsFormatted as $tag) {
// Grab the first matching result or insert this new unique tag
// if tag is present will not insert into db. If not present, inserts into db.
$theTag = Tag::firstOrCreate(['name' => $tag]);
$allTagIds[] = $theTag->id;
}
// Attach the tag ids to the tweet
$newTweet->tags()->attach($allTagIds);
return redirect('profile');
}
public function newTweet(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, ['content' => 'required|max:140']);
$newTweet = new Tweet();
$newTweet->content = $request->content;
$newTweet->user_id = \Auth::user()->id;
$newTweet->save();
$tags = explode(' ', $request->tags);
$tagsFormatted = [];
foreach ($tags as $tag) {
//clean up newly created tags array.
if (trim($tag)) {
$tagsFormatted[] = strtolower(trim($tag));
}
}
//loop over each tag
foreach ($tagsFormatted as $tag) {
//loop over each formatted tag and grab the first matching result or add new tag to db
$theTag = Tag::firstOrCreate(['name' => $tag]);
$allTagIds[] = $theTag->id;
}
$newTweet->tags()->attach($allTagIds);
return redirect('profile');
}
