#30 #19 change PDO mode and the seeder from yaml to a service for mass importing

app/Services/DatabaseService.php

@@ -2,8 +2,40 @@
 
 namespace App\Services;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+
 
 class DatabaseService extends BaseService {
 
-    
+    protected function time(): string
+    {
+        return Carbon::now('UTC')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+    }
+
+    public function seed_from_yaml($yaml_file)
+    {
+        $time_fields = ['created_at', 'updated_at'];
+
+        $yml = Yaml::parse(file_get_contents($yaml_file));
+        foreach ($yml as $table => $rows) {
+            foreach ($rows as $row) {
+
+                # encrypt any password fields
+                if(array_key_exists('password', $row)) {
+                    $row['password'] = bcrypt($row['password']);
+                }
+
+                # if any time fields are == to "now", then insert the right time
+                foreach($time_fields as $tf) {
+                    if(array_key_exists($tf, $row) && $row[$tf] === 'now') {
+                        $row[$tf] = $this->time();
+                    }
+                }
+
+                DB::table($table)->insert($row);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }