Announcement
A client-facing general announcement.
Announcements provide the operator a method to post a message for all clients.
These messages will be displayed in an alert box on the Client's home page.
class
Announcement extends AbstractModel
Properties summary
| Type | Property | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| protected | $table | ||
| protected | $columnMap | ||
| protected | $dates | ||
| protected | $booleans | ||
| int | $id | Unique ID number for this announcement. | |
| Carbon | $publishDate | The most recent date the "Published" checkbox was set for this announcement (not necessarily the same as the creation date). | |
| string | $title | Title to display for the announcement. | |
| string | $announcement | Content of the announcement, in HTML. | |
| bool | $isPublished | State of the "Published" checkbox. On true, the announcement is displayed to clients. | |
| int | $parentId | If this announcement is a translation, this ID points to the source of the translation. Otherwise it's 0. | |
| string | $language | English language internal name of the language used in this translation. | |
| Carbon | $createdAt | Date this announcement was originally created. | |
| Carbon | $updatedAt | Date this announcement was last updated. | |
| Announcement | $parent | If this is a translation of another announcement, this property points to the source Announcement object. | |
| Collection|Announcement[] | $translations | If this announcement has translations provided, this is an array of those Announcement objects. |
Methods summary
| Return Type | Method Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HasOne | parent() | An announcement may have a parent announcement. | |
| HasMany | translations() | An announcement may be a parent of many child announcements. | |
| static Collection|Carbon[] | getUniqueMonthsWithAnnouncements(int $count = 10) | Retrieve a list of the past months in which announcements were posted. |
Details
HasOne
parent ()
An announcement may have a parent announcement.
HasMany
translations ()
An announcement may be a parent of many child announcements.
static Collection|Carbon[]
getUniqueMonthsWithAnnouncements (int $count = 10)
Retrieve a list of the past months in which announcements were posted.