public function createClass()
{
$user_id = Auth::user()->id;
$name = Input::get('name');
$details = Input::get('details');
$students = Input::get('students');
$students = explode("\n", $students);
$drop_absences_count = Input::get('drop_absences_count');
$days = Input::get('days');
$time_from = Input::get('time_from');
$time_to = Input::get('time_to');
$class_id = DB::table('classes')->insertGetId(array('user_id' => $user_id, 'name' => $name, 'class_code' => str_random(10), 'details' => $details, 'drop_absences_count' => $drop_absences_count, 'days' => json_encode($days), 'time_from' => $time_from, 'time_to' => $time_to));
foreach ($students as $row) {
if (!empty($row)) {
$exploded_row = explode("\t", $row);
$student_id = trim($exploded_row[0]);
$student_name = trim($exploded_row[1]);
$name_length = strlen($student_name);
$delimiter_position = strpos($student_name, ',');
$last_name = substr($student_name, 0, $delimiter_position);
$middle_initial = substr($student_name, -2);
$first_name = trim(substr($student_name, $delimiter_position + 1, -3));
$gender = trim($exploded_row[2]);
$student = Student::find($student_id);
if (!$student) {
$student = new Student();
$student->id = $student_id;
$student->last_name = $last_name;
$student->first_name = $first_name;
$student->middle_initial = $middle_initial;
$student->gender = $gender;
$student->save();
}
$student_class_id = $class_id . $student_id;
$student_class = StudentClass::find($student_class_id);
if (!$student_class) {
$student_class = new StudentClass();
$student_class->id = $student_class_id;
$student_class->student_id = $student_id;
$student_class->class_id = $class_id;
$student_class->current_absence_count = 0;
//default
$student_class->status = 'has_card';
$student_class->save();
}
}
}
return Redirect::back()->with('message', array('type' => 'success', 'text' => 'Class Created!'));
}