public function splitFound($tags)
{
// generate slugs
$tags = array_map(function ($text) {
$slug = $this->helper->slugify($text);
return ['text' => $text, 'slug' => $slug];
}, $tags);
// extract existing tags
$slugs = array_map(function ($tag) {
return $tag['slug'];
}, $tags);
$existing = $this->tag->whereIn('slug', $slugs)->get();
$existing_slugs = $existing->lists('slug');
$new_tags = array_filter($tags, function ($tag) use($existing_slugs) {
return !in_array($tag['slug'], $existing_slugs);
});
// create tag models out of the new ones
$new_tags = array_map(function ($tag) {
return $this->tag->create($tag);
}, $new_tags);
$tags_ids = $existing->merge($new_tags);
return $tags_ids->lists('id');
}