core/app/Models/Content.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use App\Http\Requests\Request;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

/**
 * Class Content
 */
class Content extends Model
{
    public $timestamps = true;
    protected $fillable = [
        'user_id',
        'module_handler',
        'published_from',
        'published_to',
        'title_photo',
        'title',
        'url',
        'meta_keywords',
        'meta_description',
        'content',
        'module_settings',
        'status'
    ];
    protected $guarded = [];
    const STATUS_DELETED = 'deleted';
    const STATUS_DRAFT = 'draft';
    const STATUS_PROTECTED = 'protected';
    const STATUS_PUBLIC = 'public';

    /**
     * Getter for overview of all content pages of given handler (module type)
     *
     * @param      $handler
     * @param bool $joinAuthor
     *
     */
    public function getByType($handler, $joinAuthor = false)
    {
        $query = DB::table('contents')
                   ->select('contents.*')
                   ->where('contents.status', '<>', self::STATUS_DELETED)
                   ->where('module_handler', $handler)
                   ->orderBy('created_at');

        // join user email and user name to results when needed
        if ($joinAuthor) {
            $query = $query->join('users', 'users.id', '=', 'contents.user_id')
                           ->select('contents.*', 'users.name AS author_name', 'users.email AS author_email');
        }

        return $query;
    }

    /**
     * Updates current model with information about changed columns
     *
     * @param array   $fields
     * @param Request $request
     *
     * @return int number of changed columns
     */
    public function updateWithHistory(array $fields, Request $request)
    {
        $editBatch = uniqid();
        $changed = 0;

        foreach ($fields as $fieldDB => $fieldRequest) {
            // remove any whitespaces around real content
            $request->$fieldRequest = trim($request->$fieldRequest);

            if ($this->$fieldDB != $request->$fieldRequest) {

                // setup history object
                $history = [
                    'user_id'    => \Auth::user()->id,
                    'content_id' => $this->id,
                    'edit_batch' => $editBatch,
                    'column'     => $fieldRequest,
                    'old_value'  => $this->$fieldDB,
                    'new_value'  => $request->$fieldRequest
                ];

                // save history
                ContentHistory::create($history);

                // save change into database
                $this->$fieldDB = $request->$fieldRequest;

                $changed++;
            }
        }

        $this->save();

        return $changed;
    }

    /**
     * Mark relationship with its historical records
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany
     */
    public function history()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('App\Models\ContentHistory');
    }

    /**
     * Mark relationship with users table
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
     */
    public function author()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\User', 'user_id');
    }
}