public function parseMaterial($content, $userid, $alpha, $core = 0)
{
/*
* always purge all existing core materials first
*
*/
Material::truncate();
$processed = 0;
foreach ($content['material'] as $item) {
$name = $item['@attributes']['id'];
if ($name != '') {
$record = array("name" => $name);
foreach ($item['property'] as $prop) {
$prop = $prop['@attributes'];
$record[$prop['name']] = $prop['value'];
}
$record = array_merge($record, array('user_id' => $userid, 'core' => 1, 'mod_id' => 1, 'alpha' => $alpha));
Material::create($record);
$processed++;
}
}
}