Save model outside of for-each loop - php

Question

Assuming the Model Order
class Order extends Model {
use HasFactory;
protected $table = 'order';
protected $primaryKey = 'id';
public $incrementing = false;
protected $keyType = 'string';
protected $guarded = [];
public function extra(){
return $this->hasOne(Extra::class);
}
public function products(){
return $this->hasMany(Product::class);
}
}
and the Model Extra
class Extra extends Model {
use HasFactory;
protected $table = 'extra';
protected $guarded = [];
public function order(){
$this->belongsTo(Order::class);
}
}
and the Model product
class Product extends Model {
use HasFactory;
protected $table = 'product';
protected $guarded = [];
public function order(){
return $this->belongsTo(Order::class);
}
}
Now, from an API I receive data. With these data, I want to feed the models and then store the info to DB.
The approach there is atm is:
foreach ($list as $item) {
$order = new Order();
$order->id = $item['id'];
$order->title = $item['title'];
$order->save();
$extra = new Extra();
$extra->foo= $item['path']['to']['foo'];
$extra->bar= $item['path']['to']['bar'];
$order->extra()->save($extra)
$order->products()->createMany($item['path']['to']['products']);
}
The problem is that this code saves three times for each loop, one for order, one for extra, one for the product.
I would like to know if there is another way that I can use in order to gather the data inside the for-each and outside of it, to make something like
Order::insert($array_of_data);

Answer 1

I imagine it would look something like this, try it and if doesn't work please let me know i'll delete answer
$orders = [];
$extras = [];
$products = [];
foreach ($list as $item) {
$orders[] = [
'id' => $item['id'],
'title' => $item['title'],
];
$extras[] = [
'foo' => $item['path']['to']['foo'],
'bar' => $item['path']['to']['bar'],
];
$products[] = [
'order_id' => $item['id'],
'foo' => $item['path']['to']['products']['foo'] // or data it has
];
}
Order::insert($orders);
Extra::insert($extras);
Product::insert($products); // make sure each product has order id and data which is not visible here
I also suggest looking into converting $list into collection and then iterating over it, if the data is quite big you might make a use of LazyCollection which is the same as collection but better for processing larger data sets
Here's an example how you'd do it using lazy collection
LazyCollection::make($list)
->each(function (array $item) {
$order = Order::create(
[
'id' => $item['id'],
'title' => $item['title']
],
);
Extra::create(
[
'order_id' => $item['id'],
'foo' => $item['path']['to']['foo'],
'bar' => $item['path']['to']['bar'],
],
);
$order->products()->createMany($item['path']['to']['products']);
});
While it doesn't necessarily create many at once, it it memory saviour and will process quite quickly