public function link(Request $request)
{
// validation
$this->validate($request, ['tag' => 'required|string|max:16']);
// retrieve item for tagging
$item = myCloset\Item::find($request->item_id);
// Error checking for if the item already has this tag.
$newTag = strtolower($request->tag);
$tags = $item->tags;
foreach ($tags as $tag) {
if (strcmp($tag->name, $newTag) == 0) {
\Session::flash('flash_message', 'This item already has this tag.');
return redirect::to('/items/' . $request->item_id);
}
}
// So as to actually reuse already created tags and save database space.
$needle = strtolower($request->tag);
$allTags = myCloset\Tag::lists('name')->toArray();
if (in_array($needle, $allTags)) {
// tag exists in the database, get it and save the relationship
$tag = myCloset\Tag::where('name', $needle)->first();
} else {
// tag doesn't yet exist in the database.
$tag = new myCloset\Tag();
$tag->name = strtolower($request->tag);
$tag->save();
}
// create the pivot table relationship
$item->tags()->attach($tag);
return redirect::to('/items/' . $request->item_id);
}
public function run()
{
$tags = \myCloset\Tag::all();
$items = \myCloset\Item::all();
foreach ($items as $item) {
for ($i = 0; $i < 4; $i++) {
$tag = $tags->random();
$item->tags()->save($tag);
}
}
}
