Loop through For Loop certain number of times - php

Question

Okay, I know the question is a bit ambiguous but here I go. I have a dynamic form with 4 inputs. These dynamic fields on the form can generate multiple times.
What I intend to achieve is this the input field repeat with amount 100 is supposed to be inserted 4 times same as amount 200 and same as amount 300 so in total, I should have a total of 12transactions with the different amounts there. I already have the code set up for inserting the dynamic field into the database excluding the repeat input field. I cannot seem to wrap my mind as to how I can do the above explanation. Please Help
$bulkRecipientTransfer = $Request->bulkRecipientTransfer; //array
$bulkTransferType = $Request->bulkTransferType; //array
$bulkAmountTransfer = $Request->bulkAmountTransfer;//array
$bulkCountTransfer = $Request->transferCount; //array
for( $i =0; $i < count($bulkRecipientTransfer);) {
$commandId = MpesaB2B::query()->where('id',$bulkTransferType[$i])->pluck('commandID')->first();
$this_contact = array(
$bulkRecipientTransfer[$i],
$bulkTransferType[$i],
$bulkAmountTransfer[$i],
$bulkCountTransfer[$i]
);
$_amount = $bulkAmountTransfer[$i];
$_bulkRecipientTransfer = $bulkRecipientTransfer[$i];
$CountTransfer = $bulkCountTransfer;
$insertData = [
'AccountReference' =>$narration,
'TransactionAmount' =>(int)str_replace(',', '', $_amount),
'Status' =>0,
'credit_party' =>$_bulkRecipientTransfer,
'debit_party' =>$sender,
'CommandID' =>$commandId,
'SystemType' =>'externalbulk'
];
B2BTransfer::insert($insertData);
}

Answer 1

For the second loop, this may work. I am not sure if I got your question correctly though. This would allow you to add each of those entries four times into the database.
for( $i =0; $i < count($bulkRecipientTransfer);) {
$commandId = MpesaB2B::query()->where('id',$bulkTransferType[$i])->pluck('commandID')->first();
$this_contact = array(
$bulkRecipientTransfer[$i],
$bulkTransferType[$i],
$bulkAmountTransfer[$i],
$bulkCountTransfer[$i]
);
$_amount = $bulkAmountTransfer[$i];
$_bulkRecipientTransfer = $bulkRecipientTransfer[$i];
$CountTransfer = $bulkCountTransfer;
$insertData = [
'AccountReference' =>$narration,
'TransactionAmount' =>(int)str_replace(',', '', $_amount),
'Status' =>0,
'credit_party' =>$_bulkRecipientTransfer,
'debit_party' =>$sender,
'CommandID' =>$commandId,
'SystemType' =>'externalbulk'
];
for($j = 0; $j < $CountTransfer; $j++) {
B2BTransfer::insert($insertData);
}
}
```

Answer 2

Okey, thank you all for your assistance on this. Well due to client pressures and issues with timelines i had to find a way out of this by doing the following;
for($i=0; $i< count($bulkRecipientTransfer); $i++){
$stagingTransfer = new MpesaStaging;
$stagingTransfer->credit_party = $Request->bulkRecipientTransfer[$i];
$stagingTransfer->debit_party = $Request->sender;
$stagingTransfer->AccountReference = $Request->bulkNarration[$i];
$stagingTransfer->TransactionAmount = (int)str_replace(',', '', $Request->bulkAmountTransfer[$i]);
$stagingTransfer->Status = 1;
$stagingTransfer->SystemType = 'externalbulk';
$stagingTransfer->CommandID = $Request->bulkTransferType[$i];
$stagingTransfer->repeatCount = $Request->transferCount[$i];
$stagingTransfer->save();
}
//Fetch the stored transactions here
$fetchStaging = MpesaStaging::query()->where('Status',1)->get();
foreach($fetchStaging as $key=>$queue){
$transactionCountStart = 1;
$TransactionAccountRefDate = date('dmy');
for($i=0; $i < $queue->repeatCount; $i++){
$commandId = MpesaB2B::query()->where('id',$queue->CommandID)->pluck('commandID')->first();
$transferSchedule = new B2BTransfer;
$transferSchedule->AccountReference = $queue->AccountReference.$transactionCountStart++.$TransactionAccountRefDate;
$transferSchedule->TransactionAmount = $queue->TransactionAmount;
$transferSchedule->Status = 0;
$transferSchedule->credit_party = $queue->credit_party;
$transferSchedule->debit_party = $queue->debit_party;
$transferSchedule->CommandID = $commandId;
$transferSchedule->SystemType = $queue->SystemType;
$transferSchedule->save();
}
$updateScheduledPayments = MpesaStaging::query()->where('id',$queue->id)->delete();
}
Capture the Number of dynamic rows generated. Then Store them on a staging table.
Extract the RepeatCount captured for each transaction Amount and use a for loop to process the RepeatCount number of transactions to be queued.Then delete the already processed staged transaction based on the queue id.