Saving Model data to database - laravel

Question

I have a Report Model which is like the following.
class Report extends Model
{
protected $table = 'reports';
protected $guarded = [];
public function leadsCollection()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\ReportModels\LeadsCollection');
}
}
A Report can have many LeadsCollection, its Model is the following.
class LeadsCollection extends Model
{
protected $table = 'leadsCollection';
protected $guarded = [];
private $xmlElement;
public function __construct($xmlElement = null, $attributes = array()) {
parent::__construct($attributes);
$this->xmlElement = $xmlElement;
}
public function report()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\ReportModels\Report');
}
function asArray(){
$reportItem = array();
foreach($this->xmlElement->Leads->Lead as $lead) {
$dateIdentified = date("d/m/Y", strtotime($lead->Date));
$reportItem[] = array(
'LeadID' => (string)$lead->ID,
'Client' => (string)$lead->Client->Name,
'Category' => (string)$lead->Category,
'DateIdentified' => $dateIdentified,
'LeadName' => (string)$lead->Name,
'Owner' => (string)$lead->Owner->Name
);
}
return $reportItem;
}
}
Now I am trying to save some data to a database. So I get a list of all Leads by calling my LeadsCollection and passing it an XML list of Leads.
I then loop these Leads and add it to an array. At the same time however I need to save it to the database. This is what I have so far.
public function getForecastReportForLeads() {
$leads = new LeadsCollection(new \SimpleXMLElement(Helper::getCurrentLeads()));
$reportArray = array();
foreach ($leads->asArray() as $lead) {
$report = new Report();
$report->reportName = 'Lead Forecast';
if($report->save()) {
$leads->leadId = $lead['LeadID'];
$leads->leadCategory = $lead['Category'];
$leads->dateIdentified = $lead['DateIdentified'];
$leads->leadName = $lead['LeadName'];
$leads->owner = $lead['Owner'];
$leads->client = $lead['Client'];
$leads->report_id = $report->id;
$leads->save();
$reportItem = array(
'leadData' => $lead
);
$reportArray[] = $reportItem;
}
}
return $reportArray;
}
So I create the Report item, and within the database if I have 7 Leads I end up with 7 Report rows within my reports table, as it should be. However, when I save the Leads, I only end up with 1 row in my leadsCollection table, every other entry seems to be overridden. I think this is because I am not creating the Lead Object within the loop. However, I cant really create it within the loop because I need to loop whats returned when I first create it.
Not sure how clear I am but is there anything I can add to my Model so I can stop any overriding? Or do I need to do this another way?
Thanks

Answer 1

Either you get the variable inside the save method or initialize the new
$report = new Report($reportItem);
$report->save($report)
I'm having a similar Issue right, let me show my code. It would work for your case. My bug is that I'm updating and the plan_detail.id gets moved instead of creating a new one. But if you create would be fine:
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [ 'title' => 'required',
'description' => 'required']);
$input = $request->all();
$plan_details = Plan_Detail::ofUser()->get();
$plan = new Plan($request->all());
DB::beginTransaction();
Auth::user()->plans()->save($plan);
try {
foreach ($plan_details as $k => $plan_detail)
Plan::find($plan['id'])->details()->save($plan_detail);
DB::commit();
} catch (Exception $e) {
Log::error("PGSQL plan detail " . $e->message());
DB::rollback();
session()->flash('message', 'Error al guardar el plan de entreno');
}
return redirect('plans');
}