private function add_dynamically_medical_locations_to_lookup($request)
{
if (!is_int($request['medical_location_id']) && !empty($request['new_medical_location'])) {
// add the input value to medical locations table and return the table id
$new_medical_location = new medical_location_lookup();
$new_medical_location->description = $request['new_medical_location'];
$new_medical_location->save();
return $new_medical_location->id;
} else {
return $request['medical_location_id'];
}
}
public function saveNewLocationToDB($request)
{
$location = new medical_location_lookup();
$location->description = $request['new_location'];
$location->save();
}
