John Davidson

Message:

I have a model that contains a constant but I want it to move in my controller because the amounts for each key (Basic,Junior,Premium,Advanced,Senior) are being calculated and not fixed. I think moving it inside a controller function I can easily update the amount for each key.

User Model:

protected const AMOUNTS = [

   'Basic' => 0,

   'Junior' => 100,

   'Premium' => 150,

   'Advanced' => 200,

   'Senior' => 250,

];

and I'm accessing those constants in a function like this

protected function get_amount($rank)

{

    $amount = self::AMOUNTS[$rank];

}

I literally don't know how to convert it to fit inside the controller because I want to move in controller because the amount is dynamic and not fixed.

I want something like in my controller

// Controller

public function insert()

{

    // Setting the amount for each

    $amounts = [

       'Basic' => $basic_amount,

       'Junior' => $junior_amount,

       'Premium' => $premium_amount,

       'Advanced' => $advanced_amount,

       'Senior' => $senior_amount,

    ];



    // The problem is how to access that, if that's the case?

    // I can't do the same with the model using self::AMOUNTS[$rank];

}

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My Answer:
[
'Basic' => 100,
'Junior' => 200,
'Premium' => 300,
'Advanced' => 400,
'Senior' => 500
];

public function getAmount($key)
{
return self::AMOUNTS[$key];
}

_Controller:_public function calculateAmount($key)
{
$amount = User::getAmount($key);

// Perform calculations using $amount

return $amount;
}