public function link(Request $request)
{
// validation
$this->validate($request, ['tag' => 'required|string|max:16']);
// retrieve item for tagging
$item = myCloset\Item::find($request->item_id);
// Error checking for if the item already has this tag.
$newTag = strtolower($request->tag);
$tags = $item->tags;
foreach ($tags as $tag) {
if (strcmp($tag->name, $newTag) == 0) {
\Session::flash('flash_message', 'This item already has this tag.');
return redirect::to('/items/' . $request->item_id);
}
}
// So as to actually reuse already created tags and save database space.
$needle = strtolower($request->tag);
$allTags = myCloset\Tag::lists('name')->toArray();
if (in_array($needle, $allTags)) {
// tag exists in the database, get it and save the relationship
$tag = myCloset\Tag::where('name', $needle)->first();
} else {
// tag doesn't yet exist in the database.
$tag = new myCloset\Tag();
$tag->name = strtolower($request->tag);
$tag->save();
}
// create the pivot table relationship
$item->tags()->attach($tag);
return redirect::to('/items/' . $request->item_id);
}
/**
* Method: DELETE
*
* Deletes an item record from the database, removes tag associations, and
* removes the item from disk.
*
* @param int $id
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function destroy($id)
{
// get the item to be deleted and confirm it exists.
$item = myCloset\Item::find($id);
if (is_null($item)) {
Session::flash('flash_message', 'Item not found.');
return redirect('/items');
}
// delete the pivot table assocation
if ($item->tags()) {
$item->tags()->detach();
}
// Delete the item from database
myCloset\Item::destroy($id);
// delete the slash at the start of the $item->src
$pathToDelete = substr($item->src, 1);
// delete the item from disk
if (file_exists($pathToDelete)) {
unlink($pathToDelete);
} else {
// User doesn't need to know that we couldn't delete the file but
// we should so let's log it.
\Log::info('Could not delete file:' . $pathToDelete);
}
Session::flash('flash_message', 'Your item was successfully deleted.');
return Redirect::to('/items');
}