How to add laravel query function lists in updateOrCreate eloquent - php

Question

I am trying to use updateOrCreate with multiple conditions and this condition can be applied occasionally if corresponding data are available. I am currently doing as first find the id if exists and if id exists update else create manually but now i want to use laravel given updateOrCreate function.
$existing = Student::where('name_last', $student['name_last'])
->where('name_first', $student['name_first'])
->where(function($query) use ($student) {
if (array_key_exists('phone_preferred', $student) && !empty($student['phone_preferred'])) {
$query->where('phone_preferred', $student['phone_preferred']);
}
if (array_key_exists('email_preferred', $student) && !empty($student['email_preferred'])) {
$query->where('email_preferred', $student['email_preferred']);
}
if (array_key_exists('home_street_address_1', $student) && !empty($student['home_street_address_1'])) {
$query->where('home_street_address_1', $student['home_street_address_1']);
}
if (array_key_exists('mailing_street_address_1', $student) && !empty($student['mailing_street_address_1'])) {
$query->where('mailing_street_address_1', $student['mailing_street_address_1']);
}
if (array_key_exists('mailing_address_city', $student) && !empty($student['mailing_address_city'])) {
$query->where('mailing_address_city', $student['mailing_address_city']);
}
})->first();
if($existing){
try{
Student::where('id', $existing->id)
->update($student);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
$error_encountered = true;
$error_arr[] = $e->getMessage();
$error_row_numbers[] = $row_no;
}
}
I want to implement with something like:
try{
Student::updateOrCreate(
['name_first' => $student['name_first], 'name_last' => $student['name_last]],
$student
); //I could not get how to implement other occasional where condition
} catch (\Exception $e) {
$error_encountered = true;
$error_arr[] = $e->getMessage();
$error_row_numbers[] = $row_no;
}
I want to include those occasional where function query to updateOrCreate method which is currently implementing in manual method

Answer 1

You can just add all the attributes you want to check for in the array that you pass to updateOrCreate
// these are your required conditions
$conditions = [
'name_first' => $student['name_first'],
'name_last' => $student['name_last'],
];
// these are optional
$attributes = [
'phone_preferred',
'email_preferred',
'home_street_address_1',
'mailing_street_address_1',
'mailing_address_city'
];
foreach($attributes as $attr){
// check to see if the attribute exists on the student
// and is not empty
if(isset($student[$attr]) && !empty($student[$attr])){
$conditions[$attr] = $student[$attr];
}
}
Student::updateOrCreate($conditions);