How to save multidimensional array in Laravel - arrays

Question

Good afternoon !
I am creating a private chat , and I get the first objective , get the message and users with the following code.
public function getEnviarMensajes($id,$identificador){
$user = User::find($identificador);
$idReceptor = $user->id;
$idEmisor = Auth::user()->id;
$mesageuser = MessageUser::with('user')->with('message')->get();
$name = [];
$content = [];
foreach($mesageuser as $users){
foreach($users->message as $mensajes){
if($users->user->id==$idEmisor){
$name[] = $users->user->name;
echo "<p>";
$content[] = $mensajes->contenido;
echo "<p>";
echo $mensajes->created_at;
echo "<p>";
}
if($users->user->id==$idReceptor){
$name[] = $users->user->name;
echo "<p>";
$content[] = $mensajes->contenido;
echo "<p>";
echo $mensajes->created_at;
echo "<p>";
}
}
}
However , I have a problem , this results i need to "join" , in many ocasions I used an array , but in this case ? How I can save differents rows in Laravel ? , also I need to sort this content for datetime row.
Could anyone helps to me ?

Answer 1

I think you can cut your code at this way:
$mesageuser = MessageUser::with('user')->with('message')->get();
$messages = [];
foreach($mesageuser as $users){
foreach($users->message as $mensajes){
$messages[] = [
'nombre' => $users->user->name,
'contenido' => $mensajes->contenido,
'creado' => $mensajes->created_at,
'emisor' => ($users->user->id==$idEmisor) // true or false
];
}
}
return view('chat', ['messages' => $messages]);
The two if statements are useless because inside of them the code is the same. And I had used an multidimensional array in order to store all the messages with the following structure:
[
[
'nombre' => 'Marta',
'contenido' => 'Hola',
'creado' => '24/03/2015',
'emisor' => false
],
[
'nombre' => 'Salomé',
'contenido' => 'adiós',
'creado' => '24/03/2015',
'emisor' => true
]
]
If you want, for example, order by date, then edit your query:
$mesageuser = MessageUser::with('user')->with(['message' => function($query){
$query->orderBy('created_at', 'desc');
}])->get();