NOTE: Tags should be separated by semicolons'; public static $dashboard_display = [ 'title', 'created_at' ]; public static $dashboard_columns = [ [ 'name' => 'user_id', 'type' => 'user' ], [ 'name' => 'created_at', 'title' => 'Date', 'type' => 'display' ], [ 'name' => 'title', 'type' => 'text' ], [ 'name' => 'body', 'type' => 'mkd' ], [ 'name' => 'tags', 'type' => 'text' ], [ 'name' => 'header-image', 'title' => 'Header Image', 'type' => 'image', 'delete' => true ] ]; public static function getBlogEntries() { $blog_entries = []; foreach (self::orderBy(self::$dashboard_sort_column, self::$dashboard_sort_direction)->get() as $blog_entry) { // Add the name of the user that created the post $blog_entry['username'] = User::find($blog_entry->user_id)->name; // Add a string with the date and time the post was made $blog_entry['date'] = date('M j, Y @ g:iA', strtotime($blog_entry->created_at)); // Convert the markdown in the body to html $blog_entry['body'] = Parsedown::instance()->setBreaksEnabled(true)->setMarkupEscaped(true)->parse($blog_entry['body']); // Replace the tags string with an array $tags = []; foreach (explode(';', $blog_entry['tags']) as $tag) { array_push($tags, $tag); } $blog_entry['tags'] = $tags; // Add the header image if one exists $header_image_path = '/uploads/blog/img/' . $blog_entry->id . '-header-image.jpg'; $blog_entry['headerimage'] = file_exists(base_path() . '/public' . $header_image_path) ? $header_image_path . '?version=' . $blog_entry->timestamp() : ''; // Add the processed blog entry to the array array_push($blog_entries, $blog_entry); } return $blog_entries; } }