public function store(Request $request, $user_as_merchant_model)
{
//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28594076/seed-multiple-rows-at-once-laravel-5
$Dir_id = Director::orderBy('id', 'desc')->take(1)->get();
foreach ($Dir_id as $DI) {
$Did = $DI->id;
}
if (!isset($Did)) {
$Did = 0;
}
$Did = $Did + 1;
$length = count($request->get('directors'));
//
$directors = $this->collectDirectorFormData($request, $user_as_merchant_model);
// every key has an arr except merchant_id
$director = new Director();
$directorsRecords[] = null;
$director_model[] = null;
//lets create a record
$files = $request->file('directorImages');
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
$files_name = $files[$i]->getClientOriginalName();
$destination = 'public/images/director/' . $Did . '/';
if ($files[$i]->move($destination, $files_name)) {
$record = ['name' => $directors['name'][$i], 'nric' => $directors['nric'][$i], 'country_id' => $directors['country_id'][$i], 'photo_1' => $destination . $files_name, 'merchant_id' => $directors['merchant_id']];
$directorsRecords[] = $record;
// dd($record);// ["name" => "ds" , "nric" => "23123", "country_id" => "13", "merchant_id" => 2]
}
$Did = $Did + 1;
}
unset($directorsRecords[0]);
// as first record is null => $directorsRecords[] = null; so remove it to prevent an extra entry in db
foreach ($directorsRecords as $directorSingleRecord) {
$director_model[] = $director->create($directorSingleRecord);
}
unset($director_model[0]);
// as first modal is null => $director_model[] = null; so remove it to prevent an ambiguity for user(developer)
return $director_model;
}
