Laravel - pass ajax variables to model - php

Question

In my User Model i have this getter method:
public function getWorkedHoursInRangeAttribute($start, $end)
{
$sum = [];
foreach($this->workedTimes as $item) {
if( ($item->start_time->gt($start)) && ($item->end_time->lt($end)) ){
array_push($sum, ceil($item->end_time->diffInMinutes($item->start_time->addMinutes($item->break_time_min))/60 * 4) / 4 );
}
}
return array_sum($sum);
}
And in my view i post this
function(start, end) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: '/users/workedhours',
headers: {'X-CSRF-TOKEN': '{{ csrf_token() }}' },
data: {"start": start.format("DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm"), "end": end.format("DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm")},
and i have this in my Controller
public function getWorkedHoursForRange(Request $request)
{
$start = Carbon::parse($request->start);
$end = Carbon::parse($request->end);
return response()->json(['msg' => $start], 200);
}
and this route:
Route::post('users/workedhours', 'UsersController#getWorkedHoursForRange');
How can i take this start and end variables from ajax to my Model method and make calculation?
I will probably need to do something in my Controller...but what?
UPDATE:
in view i have this foreach loop for my table:
<tbody>
#foreach ($users as $user)
<tr>
<td>{{ $user->name }}</td>
<td>{{ $user->total_time_current_year }}</td>
<td>{{ $user->total_time_last_year }}</td>
<td>{{ $user->total_time_current_month }}</td>
<td>{{ $user->total_time_last_month }}</td>
<td>here i need the calculation for date range</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
</tbody>

Answer 1

You need two attributes in your model: start and end. That way you are able to access them in your accessor.
protected $start;
protected $end;
public function getWorkedHoursInRangeAttribute()
{
$sum = [];
foreach($this->workedTimes as $item) {
if( ($item->start_time->gt($this->start)) && ($item->end_time->lt($this->end)) ){
array_push($sum, ceil($item->end_time->diffInMinutes($item->start_time->addMinutes($item->break_time_min))/60 * 4) / 4 );
}
}
return array_sum($sum);
}
You than make your AJAX call to the controller, loop through the users, set start and end vars to each user-model and return all users to the view. There you can access your accessor-attribute.
public function getWorkedHoursForRange(Request $request)
{
$start = Carbon::parse($request->start);
$end = Carbon::parse($request->end);
$users = App\User::all();
foreach($users as $user) {
$user->start = $start;
$user->end = $end;
}
return response()->json(['users' => $users], 200);
}