function createThreads()
{
$thread = Thread::create(['subject' => "Check"]);
// Message
Message::create(['thread_id' => $thread->id, 'user_id' => Auth::user()->id, 'body' => "Hellooooo."]);
// Sender
Participant::create(['thread_id' => $thread->id, 'user_id' => Auth::user()->id, 'last_read' => new Carbon()]);
// Recipients
}
/**
* Adds users to this thread
*
* @param array $participants list of all participants
* @return void
*/
public function addParticipants(array $participants)
{
if (count($participants)) {
foreach ($participants as $user_id) {
Participant::firstOrCreate(['user_id' => $user_id, 'thread_id' => $this->id]);
}
}
}
/**
* Adds a new message to a current thread
*
* @param $id
* @return mixed
*/
public function update($id)
{
try {
$thread = Thread::findOrFail($id);
} catch (ModelNotFoundException $e) {
Session::flash('error_message', 'The thread with ID: ' . $id . ' was not found.');
return Redirect::to('messages');
}
$thread->activateAllParticipants();
// Message
Message::create(['thread_id' => $thread->id, 'user_id' => Auth::id(), 'body' => Input::get('message')]);
// Add replier as a participant
$participant = Participant::firstOrCreate(['thread_id' => $thread->id, 'user_id' => Auth::user()->id]);
$participant->last_read = new Carbon();
$participant->save();
// Recipients
if (Input::has('recipients')) {
$thread->addParticipants(Input::get('recipients'));
}
return Redirect::to('messages/' . $id);
}