/**
* Store Taxi and Report information to the database
* If $user param is null, this will register the based on the form info.
* If the reported taxi already exist on the database use it then create a report
* If it doesn't exist yet, register this a new taxi then create a report
*
* @param object $request Request object from the form
* @param object $user User object
*
* @return array Taxi information
*/
public static function store($request, $user)
{
$data = DB::transaction(function () use($request, $user) {
// register the new user
if (is_null($user)) {
$user = new User();
$user->name = $request->full_name;
$user->email = $request->email;
$user->password = bcrypt($request->password);
$user->contact_number = $request->contact_number;
$user->save();
}
$user_id = $user ? $user->id : 1;
// user's id or admin
$plate_number = self::sanitize($request->plate_number);
// 1. find if it exist, if not create one
// 2. if search result yielded more than 1 do a taxi search
$taxi_search = self::search($plate_number);
// use the existing taxi,
if (count($taxi_search) === 1) {
// todo: should we also update with the new data?
$taxi = $taxi_search->first();
$taxi->description = $request->description;
$taxi->save();
} else {
if (count($taxi_search) === 0) {
$taxi = new Taxi();
$taxi->plate_number = $plate_number;
$taxi->name = $request->name;
$taxi->description = $request->description;
$taxi->save();
} else {
return ['plate_number' => $plate_number];
}
}
if (!empty($request->incident_time)) {
$incident_time = date('H:i:s', strtotime($request->incident_time));
} else {
$incident_time = null;
}
$taxi_complaint = new TaxiComplaint();
$taxi_complaint->taxi_id = $taxi->id;
$taxi_complaint->incident_date = $request->incident_date;
$taxi_complaint->incident_time = $incident_time;
$taxi_complaint->incident_location = $request->incident_location;
$taxi_complaint->notes = $request->notes;
$taxi_complaint->drivers_name = $request->drivers_name;
$taxi_complaint->created_by = $user_id;
$taxi_complaint->save();
foreach ($request->violations as $violation_id) {
$taxi_violation = new TaxiViolation();
$taxi_violation->taxi_complaint_id = $taxi_complaint->id;
$taxi_violation->violation_id = $violation_id;
$taxi_violation->save();
}
$path_prefix = 'images/uploads/' . $user_id;
// this is the directory where to save the uploaded images
$user_dir = public_path($path_prefix);
if (!empty($request->taxi_pictures) && is_array($request->taxi_pictures)) {
foreach ($request->taxi_pictures as $picture) {
if (!is_null($picture) && $picture->isValid()) {
//prepare the filename and url
$fname = str_random(40);
$ext = strtolower($picture->getClientOriginalExtension());
$filename = $fname . '.' . $ext;
$file_uri = $path_prefix . '/' . $filename;
// move the uploaded file to it's location
$picture->move($user_dir, $filename);
// save the url and new filename to db
$taxi_picture = new TaxiPicture();
$taxi_picture->taxi_id = $taxi->id;
// added taxi_complaint_id so that we could
// track taxi physical changes
$taxi_picture->taxi_complaint_id = $taxi_complaint->id;
$taxi_picture->path = $file_uri;
$taxi_picture->created_by = $user_id;
$taxi_picture->save();
}
}
}
return ['taxi_id' => $taxi->id];
});
// end db::transaction
return $data;
}