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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Importer;
+
+use App\Models\Manufacturer;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+
+/**
+ * When we are importing users via an Asset/etc import, we use createOrFetchUser() in
+ * Importer\Importer.php. [ALG]
+ *
+ * Class ManufacturerImporter
+ */
+class ManufacturerImporter extends ItemImporter
+{
+    protected $manufacturers;
+
+    public function __construct($filename)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($filename);
+    }
+
+    protected function handle($row)
+    {
+        parent::handle($row);
+        $this->createManufacturerIfNotExists($row);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a supplier if a duplicate does not exist.
+     * @todo Investigate how this should interact with Importer::createManufacturerIfNotExists
+     *
+     * @author A. Gianotto
+     * @since 6.1.0
+     * @param array $row
+     */
+    public function createManufacturerIfNotExists(array $row)
+    {
+
+        $editingManufacturer = false;
+
+        $supplier = Manufacturer::where('name', '=', $this->findCsvMatch($row, 'name'))->first();
+
+        if ($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'id')!='') {
+            // Override supplier if an ID was given
+            \Log::debug('Finding supplier by ID: '.$this->findCsvMatch($row, 'id'));
+            $supplier = Manufacturer::find($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'id'));
+        }
+
+
+        if ($supplier) {
+            if (! $this->updating) {
+                $this->log('A matching Manufacturer '.$this->item['name'].' already exists');
+                return;
+            }
+
+            $this->log('Updating Manufacturer');
+            $editingManufacturer = true;
+        } else {
+            $this->log('No Matching Manufacturer, Create a new one');
+            $supplier = new Manufacturer;
+            $supplier->created_by = auth()->id();
+        }
+
+        // Pull the records from the CSV to determine their values
+        $this->item['name'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'name'));
+        $this->item['support_phone'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'support_phone'));
+        $this->item['fax'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'fax'));
+        $this->item['support_email'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'support_email'));
+        $this->item['contact'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'contact'));
+        $this->item['url'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'url'));
+        $this->item['support_url'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'support_url'));
+        $this->item['warranty_lookup_url'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'warranty_lookup_url'));
+        $this->item['notes'] = trim($this->findCsvMatch($row, 'notes'));
+
+
+        Log::debug('Item array is: ');
+        Log::debug(print_r($this->item, true));
+
+
+        if ($editingManufacturer) {
+            Log::debug('Updating existing supplier');
+            $supplier->update($this->sanitizeItemForUpdating($supplier));
+        } else {
+            Log::debug('Creating supplier');
+            $supplier->fill($this->sanitizeItemForStoring($supplier));
+        }
+
+        if ($supplier->save()) {
+            $this->log('Manufacturer '.$supplier->name.' created or updated from CSV import');
+            return $supplier;
+
+        } else {
+            Log::debug($supplier->getErrors());
+            $this->logError($supplier, 'Manufacturer "'.$this->item['name'].'"');
+            return $supplier->errors;
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}
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