How to insert into a table based on an Eloquent relationship an array of foreign keys - arrays

Question

I have two models TeamMember and ProjectRequest.
A TeamMember can have one ProjectRequest, that is why I created the following Eloquent relationship on TeamMember:
class TeamMember extends Model {
//
protected $table = 'team_members';
protected $fillable = ['project_request_id'];
// Relations
public function projectTeam() {
return $this->hasOne('\App\Models\ProjectRequest', 'project_request_id');
}
}
In my Controller I want to query both tables, however it returns the failure message.
What is important to know is that $request->projectTeam is an array of emails, looking like this:
array:2 [
0 => "mv#something.com"
1 => "as#something.com"
]
Meaning that I need to bulk insert into team_members table the project_request_ id for each team member where the emails are in the array.
How can I do that in the right way? The following is my attempt:
public function createProjectTeam(Request $request){
try {
$title = $request->projectTitle;
$TeamMember = $request->projectTeam;
$projectRequest = ProjectRequest::create(['project_title' => $title]);
$projectRequestId = $projectRequest->id;
$projectTeam = $this->teamMembers->projectTeam()->create(['project_request_id'=> $projectRequestId])->where('email', $TeamMember);
//$projectTeam = TeamMember::createMany(['project_request_id' => $projectRequestId])->where($TeamMember);
//dd($projectTeam);
return $projectRequest.$projectTeam;
} catch(\Exception $e){
return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'project team creation failed'];
}
}

Answer 1

There are a few things you can do.
Eloquent offers a whereIn() method which allows you to query where a field equals one or more in a specified array.
Secondly, you can use the update() method to update all qualifying team members with the project_request_id:
public function createProjectTeam(Request $request)
{
try {
$projectRequest = ProjectRequest::create(['project_title' => $request->projectTitle]);
TeamMember::whereIn('email', $request->projectTeam)
->update([
'project_request_id' => $projectRequest->id
]);
return [
'success' => true,
'team_members' => $request->projectTeam
];
} catch(\Exception $e) {
return [
'success' => false,
'message' => 'project team creation failed'
];
}
}
I hope this helps.