Update multible rows in laravel 4 - php

Question

I wanted to update multiple rows in the database and have found a way to do it. but it does not seem like the best way to do it, since it is doing it in multiple calls at the moment.
I wanted to now if there is a better way to do this.
The homecontroller with the updatePersons function:
<?php
class HomeController extends BaseController {
public function index()
{
$persons = Person::get();
return View::make('hello')
->with(compact('persons'));
}
public function updatePersons()
{
$persons = Person::get();
foreach ($persons as $person) {
$person->fname = Input::get('fname'.$person->id);
$person->lname = Input::get('lname'.$person->id);
$person->save();
}
return Redirect::route('home')->with('succes', 'Siden er opdateret');
}
}
the view with the form
#extends('layouts.master')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<ul class="list-group">
{{ Form::open(array('route'=>'personUpdate', 'method' => 'post')) }}
#foreach ($persons as $person)
<li class="list-group-item">
{{ Form::text('fname'.$person->id,$person->fname,array('class'=>'form-control', 'placeholder'=>'fname')) }}
{{ Form::text('lname'.$person->id,$person->lname,array('class'=>'form-control', 'placeholder'=>'lname')) }}
</li>
#endforeach
<li class="list-group-item">
<div class="box-footer">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Update</button>
</div>
</li>
{{ Form::close() }}
</ul>
</div>
</div>
#stop
The routes:
<?php
Route::get('/', array('as'=>'home', 'uses'=>'HomeController#index'));
Route::post('/', array('as'=>'personUpdate', 'uses'=>'HomeController#updatePersons'));
I have tried to use the savemany() function on $persons after the foreach loop in updatePersons() but with no results.

Answer 1

If you're updating many rows with each with different values, there's no easier way to do it.
Could you think of how you'd write this in SQL?