public function compose($view)
{
$last5notifications = loadLastNNotifications(5);
$last5notifications = NotificationsController::buildNotifications($last5notifications);
$last5conversations = loadLastNConversationsWithMessage(5);
$unreadNotifications = !empty(loadUnreadNotifications());
$unreadMessages = !empty(loadUnreadMessages());
$noti = array();
for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($last5notifications); $x++) {
$notification = $last5notifications[$x];
array_push($noti, $notification->message, $notification->is_read);
}
$conv = array();
for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($last5conversations); $x++) {
$conversation = $last5conversations[$x];
//Add a Carbon time object to each $conversation
$carbon = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-n-j G:i:s', $conversation->date);
$conversation = (object) array_merge((array) $conversation, array('carbon' => $carbon));
array_push($conv, $conversation->username, $conversation->image, $conversation->message, $conversation->is_read, $conversation->author, $conversation->carbon);
}
$view->with(array('last5notifications' => $noti, 'last5conversations' => $conv, 'unreadNotification' => $unreadNotifications, 'unreadMessage' => $unreadMessages));
}
public static function buildNotifications($noti)
{
$notifications = array();
foreach ($noti as $notification) {
//Check if notification was generated by another user
switch ($notification->generator_user_id) {
//not generated by a user
case -1:
$string = NotificationsController::buildSystemNotifications($notification);
break;
//generated by a user
//generated by a user
default:
$string = NotificationsController::buildUserNotifcations($notification);
break;
}
array_push($notifications, $string);
}
return $notifications;
}