How can i UPDATE all records using associative array? - php

Question

I have this table that contains my site settings:
I would want to update all records at once with data that comes from a form.
The data looks like this:
$data = [
"brand" => "bbb"
"mail" => "kontakt#aaa.pl"
"phone" => "111"
"site-name" => "test"
];
Now I would like to update that with key of the associative array and with it value.
I tried:
DB::table('settings')->update($data);
But there is an error:
SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'brand' in 'field list' (SQL: update `settings` set `brand` = bbb, `mail` = kontakt#aaa.pl, `phone` = 111, `site-name` = test)
Obviously it thinks that brand is a column name.
So I transformed the $data to this array:
$data = [
0 => [
"name" => "brand"
"value" => "bbb"
]
1 => [
"name" => "mail"
"value" => "kontakt#aaa.pl"
]
2 => [
"name" => "phone"
"value" => "111"
]
3 => [
"name" => "site-name"
"value" => "test"
]
];
and now the error is:
SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column '0' in 'field list' (SQL: update `settings` set `0` = {"name":"brand","value":"bbb"}, `1` = {"name":"mail","value":"kontakt#aaa.pl"}, `2` = {"name":"phone","value":"111"}, `3` = {"name":"site-name","value":"test"})
So now it thinks that index of each row in array is column name and at this place i have no idea how to do this...
Can anyone help me please?

Answer 1

I came to this solution although i think it looks ugly and there should be a better way to do this, if no better answers will be given i will mark my answer as correct
$data = [
"brand" => "bbb"
"mail" => "kontakt#aaa.pl"
"phone" => "111"
"site-name" => "test"
];
foreach($data as $key=>$d) {
DB::table('settings')->where('name','=',$key)->update(['value' => $d]);
}

Answer 2

Your table looks something like you can only take a set of data and update it with time. Why because there are no foreign key relations.
if that is the case then why not have brand_name, mail, phone and site_name for settings columns,
Your migrations
public function up()
{
Schema::create('settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->string('brand_name');
$table->string('mail');
$table->string('phone');
$table->string('site_name');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
In your model?
protected $fillable = ['brand_name', 'mail', 'phone', 'site_name'];
or
protected $guarded = [];
In your controller
public function method(Request $request)
{
// You can also abstract this in to a custom request class
$request->validate([
'brand_name' => 'required',
'mail' => 'required',
'phone' => 'required',
'site_name' => 'required',
]);
// Add data if record doesn't exist, update when it does
// To use the validated method on request all needed fields must be required
Settings::updateOrCreate($request->validated())
}
Should in case I was wrong you can still check out Laravel Mass Update
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent#mass-updates
Laravel Upserts
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent#upserts

Answer 3

You can use upsert to update multiple records
First transform data to add column name using collection
$data=collect($data)->transform(function ($value,$name){
return ["name"=>$name,"value"=>$value];
})->values()->toArray();
and here i used model
Setting::upsert($data,["name"],["value"]);
To understand Upserts
Upsert perform multiple "upserts" in a single query
first argument consists of the values to insert or update
second argument lists the column(s) that uniquely identify records within the associated table.
third and final argument is an array of the columns that should be updated if a matching record already exists in the database.
Also important point
All databases systems except SQL Server require the columns in the
second argument provided to the upsert method to have a "primary" or
"unique" index.
It means in your mysql table settings column name to be unique index or else it will insert as new row
Ref:https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent#upserts