'required|alpha_space|min:3|max:255|unique:locations,name,{id}', 'city' => 'required|alpha_space|min:3|max:255', 'currency' => 'required', 'state' => 'alpha_space|min:2|max:32', 'country' => 'required|alpha_space|min:2|max:2|max:2', 'address' => 'alpha_space|min:5|max:80', 'address2' => 'alpha_space|min:2|max:80', 'zip' => 'alpha_space|min:3|max:10', ); public function users() { return $this->hasMany('User', 'location_id'); } public function assets() { return $this->hasMany('Actionlog','location_id'); } public function assignedassets() { return $this->hasMany('Asset','rtd_location_id'); } public function parent() { return $this->belongsTo('Location', 'parent_id'); } public function childLocations() { return $this->hasMany('Location','parent_id'); } public static function getLocationHierarchy($locations, $parent_id = null) { $op = array(); foreach($locations as $location) { if ($location['parent_id'] == $parent_id) { $op[$location['id']] = array( 'name' => $location['name'], 'parent_id' => $location['parent_id'] ); // Using recursion $children = Location::getLocationHierarchy($locations, $location['id']); if ($children) { $op[$location['id']]['children'] = $children; } } } return $op; } public static function flattenLocationsArray ($location_options_array = null) { $location_options = array(); foreach ($location_options_array as $id => $value) { // get the top level key value $location_options[$id] = $value['name']; // If there is a key named children, it has child locations and we have to walk it if (array_key_exists('children',$value)) { foreach ($value['children'] as $child_id => $child_location_array) { $child_location_options = Location::flattenLocationsArray($value['children']); foreach ($child_location_options as $child_id => $child_name) { $location_options[$child_id] = '--'.$child_name; } } } } return $location_options; } }