How to pass in user id into foreach loop? - laravel

Question

I'm a novice when it comes to PHP and Laravel and am embarrassed that I haven't figured this out yet. I'm trying to provide an option for my user to import their database into the application. However, I need to attach a user id to each row so it can be saved with that user. I've tried multiple attempts to grab that user id and pass it into the foreach loop so it can be saved. Any guidance I can receive, I'd be most grateful. I am using Maatwebsite/Laravel-Excel facade.
Here is my Controller:
class ImportController extends Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
public function importExcel()
{
if(Input::hasFile('import_file')){
$path = Input::file('import_file')->getRealPath();
$data = Excel::load($path, function($reader) {
})->get();
if(!empty($data) && $data->count()){
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
$user = Auth::user();
$data['user_id'] = $user->id;
$insert[] = [
'user_id' => $value->user_id,
'first_name' => $value->first_name,
'last_name' => $value->last_name,
'title' => $value->title,
'level' => $value->level,
'company' => $value->company,
'email' => $value->email,
'address_1' => $value->address_1,
'address_2' => $value->address_2,
'city' => $value->city,
'state' => $value->state,
'zip_code' => $value->zip_code,
'office_tel' => $value->office_tel,
'mobile_tel' => $value->mobile_tel,
'member_since'=> $value->member_since
];
}
if(!empty($insert)){
DB::table('members')->insert($insert);
Session::flash('flash_message', 'Database successfully imported!');
}
}
}
return back();
}
}
Here is my route:
Route::post('importExcel', 'ImportController#importExcel');
Here is my view:
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-lg" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#importExcel">Import</button>
<div class="modal fade" id="importExcel" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="importExcelLabel">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span>
</button>
<h4 class="modal-title">Import Your Database</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<p>Click browse to import your database. Only Microsoft Excel extensions are acceptable. Please label your columns as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>user_id (leave this column empty)</li>
<li>first_name</li>
<li>last_name</li>
<li>title</li>
<li>level</li>
<li>company</li>
<li>address_1</li>
<li>address_2</li>
<li>city</li>
<li>state</li>
<li>zip_code</li>
<li>office_tel</li>
<li>mobile_tel</li>
<li>member_since</li>
</ul>
<form action="{{ URL::to('importExcel') }}" class="form-horizontal" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="import_file" />
<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{csrf_token()}}">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Import File</button>
</form>
</div><!-- /.modal-body-->
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
</div><!-- /.modal-footer-->
</div><!-- /.modal-content-->
</div><!-- /.modal-dialog-->
</div><!-- /.modal-->
Here is my model:
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Member extends Model
{
protected $fillable = [
'user_id',
'first_name',
'last_name',
'title',
'level',
'company',
'email',
'address_1',
'address_2',
'city',
'state',
'zip_code',
'office_tel',
'mobile_tel',
'member_since' ];
}

Answer 1

First of all: Where do you set $insert? You have to set this variable with the data you like to import. Despite of that you can try the following:
If I understand you right, the database-field user_id should contain the ID of the logged in user - if so, try in your controller the following in importExcel (see comment):
public function importExcel(Request $request)
{
if(Input::hasFile('import_file')){
$path = Input::file('import_file')->getRealPath();
$data = Excel::load($path, function($reader) {
})->get();
if(!empty($data) && $data->count()){
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
$user = Auth::user();
$data['user_id'] = $user->id;
[
'user_id' => $user->id, // Access here the userId of the logged in user
'first_name' => $value->first_name,
'last_name' => $value->last_name,
'title' => $value->title,
'level' => $value->level,
'company' => $value->company,
'email' => $value->email,
'address_1' => $value->address_1,
'address_2' => $value->address_2,
'city' => $value->city,
'state' => $value->state,
'zip_code' => $value->zip_code,
'office_tel' => $value->office_tel,
'mobile_tel' => $value->mobile_tel,
'member_since'=> $value->member_since
];
}
if(!empty($insert)){
DB::table('members')->insert($insert);
Session::flash('flash_message', 'Database successfully imported!');
}
}
}
return back();
}
Hope that helps :)