One solution to this problem is to use a combination of PHP and SQL to generate the virtual rows. Here's an example of how you could modify the existing query to achieve this:
// Define the start and end dates
$start_date = '2023-03-01';
$end_date = '2023-03-03';
// Fetch the real shifts
$shifts = Shift::whereHas('post', function ($q) use ($association, $company, $annex, $shift_type, $city, $project) {
// ...
})
->whereHas('workers', function ($q) use ($company, $worker) {
// ...
})
->whereRaw('date(start_time) >= "'.$start_date.'" AND date(start_time) <= "'.$end_date.'"')
->select('shifts.*', DB::raw('DATE_FORMAT(start_time, "%Y-%m-%d") as start_date'))
->orderBy('start_time', 'ASC')
->get();
// Generate the virtual rows
$dates = [];
$current_date = $start_date;
while ($current_date <= $end_date) {
$dates[] = $current_date;
$current_date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($current_date . ' +1 day'));
}
$virtual_rows = [];
foreach ($dates as $date) {
$found = false;
foreach ($shifts as $shift) {
if ($shift->start_date == $date) {
$virtual_rows[] = $shift;
$found = true;
break;
}
}
if (!$found) {
$virtual_rows[] = (object) [
'start_time' => $date . ' 00:00:00',
'end_time' => $date . ' 00:00:00',
'type' => 'Not working',
'start_date' => $date,
];
}
}
// Merge the real shifts and virtual rows
$shifts = collect($virtual_rows)->merge($shifts)->sortBy('start_time')->values();
This code first fetches the real shifts using the existing query. It then generates an array of dates between the start and end dates using a while loop. For each date, it checks if there is a real shift with that start date. If there is, it adds the shift to the $virtual_rows array. If there isn't, it creates a new object with the start and end times set to midnight and the type set to "Not working", and adds it to the $virtual_rows array.
Finally, the code merges the real shifts and virtual rows using the merge method of the collect helper, sorts them by start time, and re-indexes the array using the values method.
Note that this code assumes that the Shift model has a start_time, end_time, and type attribute, and that the start_time attribute is a datetime field. You may need to adjust the code to match your specific database schema.