make relation for value from array laravel - php

Question

I have a table for data:
Schema::create('general', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('key')->unique();
$table->longText('value')->nullable();
$table->timestamps();
});
When adding data, I get the following records in the database:
id: 2
key: country
value: ["Italy","Germany"]
Countries are now added to me through tags, like this:
$form->tags('value', __('Value'))->help('Use key `<b>Enter</b>` to add a new value')
->separators([';']);
The model has a function that receives and shares all values ​​with the key country:
public static function getCountries()
{
$country= self::where('key', 'country')->first();
return explode(',', $country['value']);
}
And then on the blade.php page I display these countries:
#foreach(App\Models\General::getCountries() as $country)
<span>{{ $country }}</span>
#endforeach
The task is to attach a picture with a flag to each country.
I create a new model with migration to add a picture:
Schema::create('general_flags', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('flag_image', 128);
$table->timestamps();
});
My controllers are all done correctly and pictures are added and saved.
The main question is how do I create a relation of each value from the array with the desired flag, any ideas how to do this?
The problem is that I can’t change adding countries, so I have to work with what I have.

Answer 1

You can make new col in general_flags named country_code then when save countries_array in general save it as associative array ['country_code' => 'country name'].
Or save image as associative array ['country_code' => 'Image'].
But, In my opinion you should make table for countries and every country has a flag.