From df70987679f3aa3660f3ef1118071a3208010da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylorotwell@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:48:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] added sync method to has_many relationship.

---
 .../eloquent/relationships/has_many.php       | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many.php b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many.php
index b80d3844..d5622a41 100644
--- a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many.php
+++ b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many.php
@@ -12,6 +12,40 @@ public function results()
 		return parent::get();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sync the association table with an array of models.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $models
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function sync(array $models)
+	{
+		$current = $this->table->lists($this->model->key());
+
+		// When syncing the has many relationship, we'll just spin the attributes and
+		// create a fresh model instances for each row. If the "id" is set on the
+		// array of attributes, we'll set the exists flag to true for update.
+		foreach ($models as $attributes)
+		{
+			$attributes[$this->foreign_key()] = $this->base->get_key();
+
+			$model = $this->fresh_model($attributes);
+
+			$id = $model->get_key();
+
+			$model->exists = ( ! is_null($id) and in_array($id, $current));
+
+			// Before saving we'll force the entire model to be "dirty" so all of
+			// the attributes are saved. It shouldn't affect the updates as
+			// saving all the attributes shouldn't hurt anything.
+			$model->original = array();
+
+			$model->save();
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Initialize a relationship on an array of parent models.
 	 *