public function proxy(Request $request)
{
//root url / base url
$root = $request->root();
//generated url if no parameters redirect to search
$redirect_url = url('search');
//$root;
//generated url parameters container
$url_params = array();
//get incoming parameters
$params = Input::all();
//print_r($params);
//exit;
//check for category selection
$cid = 0;
if (isset($params['cid']) && $params['cid'] > 0) {
$cid = $params['cid'];
$category_slug = $this->category->getCategoryFullPathById($cid);
$url_params[] = $category_slug;
unset($params['cid']);
}
//check for location selection
$lid = 0;
if (isset($params['lid']) && $params['lid'] > 0) {
$lid = $params['lid'];
$location_slug = $this->location->getSlugById($lid);
$url_params[] = 'l-' . $location_slug;
unset($params['lid']);
session()->put('lid', $lid);
session()->put('location_slug', $location_slug);
} else {
if (session()->has('lid')) {
session()->forget('lid');
}
if (session()->has('location_slug')) {
session()->forget('location_slug');
}
}
//check for search text
$search_text = '';
if (isset($params['search_text'])) {
$search_text_tmp = Util::sanitize($params['search_text']);
if (!empty($search_text_tmp) && mb_strlen($search_text_tmp, 'utf-8') > 3) {
$search_text = $search_text_tmp;
$search_text = preg_replace('/\\s+/', '-', $search_text);
$url_params[] = 'q-' . $search_text;
}
unset($params['search_text']);
}
//generate new url for redirection
if (!empty($url_params)) {
$redirect_url = Util::buildUrl($url_params);
}
//check if there are parameters for query string
$query_string = '';
if (!empty($params)) {
//clear token var if exist
if (isset($params['_token'])) {
unset($params['_token']);
}
$query_string = Util::getQueryStringFromArray($params);
}
//add query string to generated url
if (!empty($query_string)) {
$redirect_url .= '?' . $query_string;
}
return redirect($redirect_url);
}
