How to replicate in php - php

Question

I'm trying to create a function that will replicate/clone/duplicate a product including all it's properties and it's shipping options.
However, I succeeded to duplicate the product but the shipping options are not replicated. See my codes below;
Any help will be highly appreciated
Thanks
public function CreateProductPost(Request $request){
if (Auth::user()->vendor == false) {
return redirect()->route('profile');
}
if ($request->name == null) {
session()->flash('errormessage','Product name is required');
return redirect()->back()->withInput();
}
if (mb_strlen($request->name) > 60) {
session()->flash('errormessage','Product name cannot be longer than 60 characters.');
return redirect()->back()->withInput();
}
if ($request->category_id == null) {
session()->flash('errormessage','Product category is required');
$shippingoptions[] = $opt;
}
}
$product = new Product;
$product->name = $request->name;
$product->uniqueid = random_int(10000, 99999);
$product->category_id = $category->id;
$product->description = $request->description;
$product->refund_policy = $request->refund_policy;
$product->fromc = $request->fromc;
$product->tocount = $request->tocount;
$product->price = $request->price;
$product->currency = $request->currency;
$product->inventory = $request->inventory;
if ($request->image !== null) {
$product->image = $request->image->store('uploads','public');
}
$product->buyout = 0;
$product->fe = $fe;
$product->seller_id = Auth::user()->id;
$product->save();
foreach ($shippingoptions as $opt) {
$so = new ShippingOption();
$so->product_id = $product->id;
$so->desc = $opt['desc'];
$so->days = $opt['days'];
$so->price = $opt['price'];
$so->save();
}
session()->flash('successmessage','Product successfully created');
return redirect()->route('products');
}
function DuplicateProductPost($uniqueid, Request $request){
$product = Product::where('uniqueid',$uniqueid)->first();
if ($product == null) {
return redirect()->route('products');
}
if (Auth::user()->id !== $product->seller->id) {
return redirect()->route('products');
}
$newProduct = $product->replicate();
$newProduct->uniqueid = random_int(10000, 99999);
$newProduct->save();
session()->flash('successmessage','Product successfully duplicated');
return redirect()->route('products');
}
Any help will be highly appreciated
Thanks

Answer 1

You need to replicate both your Product and ShippingOption models, so use the following logic:
$product = Product::where('uniqueid',$uniqueid)->first();
...
$newProduct = $product->replicate();
$newProduct->uniqueid = random_int(10000, 99999);
$newProduct->save();
foreach($product->shippingOptions AS $shippingOption){
$newShippingOption = $shippingOption->replicate();
$newShippingOption->product_id = $newProduct->id;
$newShippingOption->save();
}
Note, you need to have a relationship between Product and ShippingOption, otherwise you will need to manually query for them:
$oldShippingOptions = ShippingOption::where("product_id", "=", $product->id)->get();
foreach($oldShippingOptions AS $shippingOption){
...
}
The ->replicate() method does not clone all related records, as that might not be the intended requirement, so you need to do it manually.