I have this long foreach code I want to use to get folders and subfolders ids in order to be able to delete them.
// first foreach code
$idsToDelete = $this->entityManager->getRepository(Folders::class)
->findBy(['parentId'=>$postId]);
foreach ($idsToDelete as $d){
$postId = $d->getId(); echo $postId.', ';
//second foreach code in first foreach
$idsToDelete = $this->entityManager->getRepository(Folders::class)
->findBy(['parentId'=>$postId]);
foreach ($idsToDelete as $d){
$postId = $d->getId(); echo $postId.', ';
//third foreach code in second foreach
$idsToDelete = $this->entityManager->getRepository(Folders::class)
->findBy(['parentId'=>$postId]);
foreach ($idsToDelete as $d){
$postId = $d->getId();
echo $postId.', ';
//forth foreach code in third foreach
$idsToDelete = $this->entityManager->getRepository(Folders::class)
->findBy(['parentId'=>$postId]);
foreach ($idsToDelete as $d){
$postId = $d->getId(); echo $postId.', ';
//fith foreach code in forth foreach
$idsToDelete = $this->entityManager->getRepository(Folders::class)
->findBy(['parentId'=>$postId]);
foreach ($idsToDelete as $d){
$postId = $d->getId(); echo $postId.', ';
}
}
}
}
}
the problem with this code is that, I will have to write foreach statement for each iteration I want to make. How do I write a simple loop or function to do this once. Thanks.
You can put this inside a method and make your method recursive since there could be dynamic nested calls and we wouldn't be sure how many static foreachs to write.
Snippet:
<?php
public function deleteIDs($postId){
$idsToDelete = $this->entityManager->getRepository(Folders::class)
->findBy(['parentId' => $postId]);
foreach ($idsToDelete as $d){
$currPostId = $d->getId(); echo $currPostId.', ';
$this->deleteIDs($currPostId);
}
}