INSERT IGNORE using Laravel's Fluent

Question

Is there a quick way to modify a SQL query generated by Laravel\'s Fluent to have an INSERT IGNORE instead of the usual INSERT?

I\'m trying

Answer 1

Try this magic, in your model:

public static function insertIgnore($array){
    $a = new static();
    if($a->timestamps){
        $now = \Carbon\Carbon::now();
        $array['created_at'] = $now;
        $array['updated_at'] = $now;
    }
    DB::insert('INSERT IGNORE INTO '.$a->table.' ('.implode(',',array_keys($array)).
        ') values (?'.str_repeat(',?',count($array) - 1).')',array_values($array));
}

Use like this:

Shop::insertIgnore(array('name' => 'myshop'));

This is a great way to prevent constraint violations that may occur with firstOrCreate in a multi-user environment, if that 'name' property was a unique key.