public function showWelcome()
{
$message = '';
//getting a flash message when a new chat room is created
if (Session::has('message')) {
$message = Session::get('message', 'default');
Session::forget('message');
}
if (Auth::user()) {
$chat_rooms = $this->getJoinedChatRooms();
$unread_messages_counts = $this->getUnreadMessagesCount($chat_rooms);
$online_members_per_room = $this->getOnlineMembers($chat_rooms);
$available_chat_rooms = $this->getAvailableChatRooms();
$invited_chatrooms = $this->getInvitedChatRoomDetails();
$registered = Online::registered()->distinct('user_id')->get();
$online_users = '';
foreach ($registered as $register) {
$online_users[] = $register->user_id;
}
//$online_users = array_unique($online_users); var_dump($online_users);die();
$user_names = User::select('first_name')->whereIn('id', array_unique($online_users))->lists('first_name');
return View::make('home', array('chatrooms' => $chat_rooms, 'online_members' => $online_members_per_room, 'user_names' => $user_names, 'message' => $message, 'available_chat_rooms' => $available_chat_rooms, 'unread_messages_counts' => $unread_messages_counts, 'invited_chatrooms' => $invited_chatrooms));
} else {
Online::updateCurrent();
}
return View::make('home');
}
