Laravel conditional statement with each() result error - php

Question

Partly confused (still) because the variable $investment_type resulting of "Creating default object from empty value" when I follow this previous question of mine Laravel list() with each() function error with deprecated function.
This is the original code.
$assetsData = ClientPropertyManagement::find($assets_id);
$investmentType = Input::get('investmenttype'.$assets_id);
$legalname = Input::get('legalname'.$assets_id);
$ownership = Input::get('ownership'.$assets_id);
$tic = Input::get('tic'.$assets_id);
$entity_id = Input::get('entity_id'.$assets_id);
foreach($investmentType as $investment_type) {
list($key,$value) = each($legalname);
list($key,$valueOwner) = each($ownership);
list($key,$valueTic) = each($tic);
list($key,$valueEntityId) = each($entity_id);
if($valueEntityId == 0) {
$assetEntity = new ClientEntityManagement;
$assetEntity->property_id = $assetsData->property_id;
$assetEntity->client_id = $id;
} else {
$assetEntity = ClientEntityManagement::find($valueEntityId);
}
$assetEntity->investment_type = $investment_type;
$assetEntity->entity_name = $value;
$assetEntity->ownership = $valueOwner;
$assetEntity->ticnum = $valueTic;
$assetEntity->save();
}
Here's what I did in my code.
foreach( $investmentType as $key => $investment_type ) {
$assetEntity->investment_type = $investment_type;
$assetEntity->entity_name = $legalname[$key];
$assetEntity->ownership = $ownership[$key];
$assetEntity->ticnum = $tic[$key];
if ( $entity_id[$key] == 0 ) {
$assetEntity = new ClientEntityManagement;
$assetEntity->property_id = $assetsData->property_id;
$assetEntity->client_id = $id;
} else {
$assetEntity = ClientEntityManagement::find($investment_type);
}
$assetEntity->save();
}

Answer 1

The problem is that $assetEntity isn't created yet, and you are trying to use as an object. To solve that, you need to change the position where you instantiate the object and create the variable $assetEntity:
foreach( $investmentType as $key => $investment_type ) {
if ( $entity_id[$key] == 0 ) {
$assetEntity = new ClientEntityManagement;
$assetEntity->property_id = $assetsData->property_id;
$assetEntity->client_id = $id;
} else {
$assetEntity = ClientEntityManagement::find($investment_type);
}
$assetEntity->investment_type = $investment_type;
$assetEntity->entity_name = $legalname[$key];
$assetEntity->ownership = $ownership[$key];
$assetEntity->ticnum = $tic[$key];
$assetEntity->save();
}
That way $assetEntity will be created, and then you populate the other attributes.
Also, you may want to use the IoC Container and replace the new ClientEntityManagement with App::make('ClientEntityManagement'). Read more at https://laravel.com/docs/4.2/ioc