/**
* @param Request $request
* @return string
*/
public function removeCategory(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, ['product_id' => 'exists:products,id', 'category_id' => 'exists:product_categories,id']);
$product = Product::find($request->get('product_id'));
$category = Category::find($request->get('category_id'));
$product->load('categories');
$category->load('translations');
if ($product->categories->contains($category->id)) {
//is the category the main category or a synonym?
if (!$category->original_id) {
//we can only have 1 main category and synonyms to that category
//so we can do an empty sync here
$product->categories()->sync([]);
return json_encode(['status' => 'flushed']);
} else {
$product->categories()->detach($category);
return $category;
}
}
return json_encode(['status' => false]);
}
