How implement multiple editable column with yii-booster? - php

Question

Am working on a Yii staff-hours scheduling project, stuck on editable-curd-staffhours-module. I want to store staff scheduling hours in StaffHourstable using Editable Yii Booster Extension.
My staffhours table DB stucture as:
id(pk) user_id(fk) staff_id(int) monday(text) tuesday(text) wednesday(text) thursday(text) friday(text) saturday(text) sunday(text)
All day-text fields used to store serialize time as in associative-array format:
array(
'12:00 AM' => 'open',
'12:30 AM' => 'close',
'01:00 AM' => 'close',
'01:30 AM' => 'open',
'02:00 AM' => 'open',
.
.
.
'11:00 PM' => 'close'
'11:30 PM' => 'close'
);
I have implemented Editable UI using Yii Booster Extension, watch snap below:
Problem is that am unable to recognize how to store/update staff-hours data in DB.
Some Of Code i have done
---- In View ----
<?php
$this->breadcrumbs=array(
'Settings'=>array('settings/settings'),
'Staff Hours',
);
$user_id = Yii::app()->user->getId();
$condition = "user_id = '$user_id'";
$data = StaffHours::model()->findAll();
$Monday = unserialize($data[0]['monday']);
$Tuesday = unserialize($data[0]['tuesday']);
$Wednesday = unserialize($data[0]['wednesday']);
$Thursday = unserialize($data[0]['thursday']);
$Friday = unserialize($data[0]['friday']);
$Saturday = unserialize($data[0]['saturday']);
$Sunday = unserialize($data[0]['sunday']);
foreach($data as $data)
{
?>
<div id="settinghead">StaffS Hours </div>
<div id="leftmenu"> <?php $this->widget('application.components.widgets.SettingsMenu.settingsmenuWidget'); ?></div>
<div id="rightcontent">
<div id="pageheding">Staff Hours Detail </div>
<table class="items table table-bordered">
<thead>
<tr><th scope="col">Time</th> <th scope="col">Monday</th> <th scope="col">Tuesday</th><th scope="col">Wednesday</th>
<th scope="col">Thursday</th><th scope="col">Friday</th><th scope="col">Saturday</th><th scope="col">Sunday</th> </tr>
</thead>
<?php
$start = strtotime('12:00am');
$end = strtotime('11:59pm');
for( $i = $start; $i <= $end; $i += 900)
{
$time = date('h:i A', $i);
?>
<tr>
<th scope="row"><?php echo $time; ?></th>
<td id="mon<?php echo $time; ?>">
<?php
$this->widget('bootstrap.widgets.TbEditableField', array(
'type' => 'select',
'model' => $data,
'emptytext' => $Monday[$time],
'attribute' => 'monday',
'url' => $this->createUrl('staffhours/updatetime&time='.$time), //url for submit data
'source' => array('Open', 'Close', 'Away'),
'value' => $time,
'enabled' => true
));
?>
</td>
<td id="tue<?php echo date('g:i A', $i); ?>"><?php echo $Tuesday[$time]; ?></td>
<td id="wed<?php echo date('g:i A', $i); ?>"><?php echo $Wednesday[$time]; ?></td>
<td id="thu<?php echo date('g:i A', $i); ?>"><?php echo $Thursday[$time]; ?></td>
<td id="fri<?php echo date('g:i A', $i); ?>"><?php echo $Friday[$time]; ?></td>
<td id="sat<?php echo date('g:i A', $i); ?>"><?php echo $Saturday[$time]; ?></td>
<td id="sun<?php echo date('g:i A', $i); ?>"><?php echo $Sunday[$time]; ?></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
}
?>
</table>
</div>
---- In StaffHoursController Controller ----
/**
* Update time.
*/
public function actionUpdatetime($time)
{
$user_id = Yii::app()->user->getId();
$pk = $_POST['pk'];
$day = $_POST['name'];
$status = $_POST['value'];
$GetData = StaffHours::model()->findByPk($pk);
$DayTimes = unserialize($GetData->monday);
if(array_key_exists($time, $DayTimes))
{
unset($DayTimes[$time]);
//merge new value
$DayTimes[$time] = $status;
array_push($DayTimes, $DayTimes[$time]);
$attributes = array($day => serialize($DayTimes));
$condition = "id = '$pk' AND user_id = '$user_id'";
StaffHours::model()->updateByPk($pk, $attributes, $condition);
}
}
If am going wrong or another easy way available to staff hours using Editable-UI.
Then please suggest a better way to store Staff-Hours using Editable-UI.

Answer 1

I believe storing array data into MySql text column is very impractical, since you will loose performance, ability to implement proper searching technique and etc. A better database design can be:
Each staff has many hours, and each hour can be assigned to many staff, a simple MANY_MANY relationship.
The advantage is that you can search for any date, any hour, any staff with a very easy,simple, singe query, or ActiveRecord: