Laravel - How to insert multi-dimensional Array in DB - arrays

Question

I have the array as below;
I'd like to insert each name keys into tableName and get the inserted id.
For the steps, each of them will be inserted into another table tableSteps including the last inserted id of the name.
Like as below screenshot.
In my controller,
Here's what I've done so far.
$instructionsArrays = $request->instructions;
$max = count($instructionsArrays);
for ($x = 1; $x <= $max; $x++) {
foreach($instructionsArrays as $instructionsArray){
Instruction::updateOrCreate(
['recipe_id' => session()->get('recipeArr.id'), 'sequence' => $x],
['name' => $instructionsArray['name']],
);
}
}
I was able to save sequence numbers but for names it saves only the last name key.
And... I'm really lost..

Answer 1

You can achieve what you want from 2 for loops
foreach($request->instructions as $key => $val){
$id = Instruction::insertGetId(
['recipe_id' => session()->get('recipeArr.id'), 'sequence' => $key + 1],
['name' => $val['name']],
);
$data = []; //bulk insertion
$created_at = now();
foreach($val["steps"] as $step){
array_push($data, ["header_id" => $id, "name" => $step, "sequence" => $key+1, "created_at" => $created_at]); //why insert sequence when you can obtain it from the relationship?
}
Steps::insert($data);
}

Answer 2

With the help of the answer of #Kneegrows, I came up with the code below and it is now working. Thank you.
foreach ($request->instructions as $key => $val) {
$instruction = Instruction::updateOrCreate(
['recipe_id' => session()->get('recipeArr.id'), 'sequence' => $key + 1],
['instructions_name' => $val['name']],
);
$id = $instruction->id;
$data = []; //bulk insertion
$i = 1;
foreach ($val["steps"] as $step) {
if(!is_null($step)){
array_push($data, ["instruction_id" => $id, "steps_name" => $step, "sequence" => $i]);
$i++;
}
}
Steps::insert($data);
}