generate a hex code for an aircraft on creation #33

app/Database/factories/AircraftFactory.php

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ $factory->define(App\Models\Aircraft::class, function (Faker $faker) {
         'icao' => $faker->unique()->text(5),
         'name' => $faker->unique()->text(50),
         'registration' => $faker->unique()->text(10),
+        'hex_code' => \App\Support\ICAO::createHexCode(),
         'active' => true,
         'created_at' => $faker->dateTimeBetween('-1 week', 'now'),
         'updated_at' => function (array $pirep) {

app/Models/Aircraft.php

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace App\Models;
 
+use App\Support\ICAO;
+
 class Aircraft extends BaseModel
 {
     public $table = 'aircraft';
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ class Aircraft extends BaseModel
         'name',
         'icao',
         'registration',
+        'hex_code',
         'zfw',
         'active',
     ];
@@ -46,6 +49,10 @@ class Aircraft extends BaseModel
             if (!empty($model->icao)) {
                 $model->icao = strtoupper(trim($model->icao));
             }
+
+            if(empty($model->hex_code)) {
+                $model->hex_code = ICAO::createHexCode();
+            }
         });
     }
 

app/Support/ICAO.php

@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@ namespace App\Support;
 class ICAO
 {
 
+    /**
+     * Create a random hex code. Eventually this may follow the format in:
+     * ICAO Aeronautical Telecommunications, Annex 10, Vol. III, chapter 9
+     * @param null $country
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function createHexCode($country=null)
+    {
+        $bytes = random_bytes(4);
+        return bin2hex($bytes);
+    }
 }

resources/views/admin/aircraft/fields.blade.php

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <!-- Registration Field -->
     <div class="form-group col-sm-6">
         {!! Form::label('registration', 'Registration:') !!}
-        <p class="text-success small">Enter the registration without the country prefix</p>
+        {{--<p class="text-success small">Enter the registration with the country prefix</p>--}}
         {!! Form::text('registration', null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
         <p class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('registration') }}</p>
     </div>

tests/UtilsTest.php

@@ -57,4 +57,10 @@ class UtilsTest extends TestCase
         $api_key = Utils::generateApiKey();
         $this->assertNotNull($api_key);
     }
+
+    public function testHexCode()
+    {
+        $hex_code = \App\Support\ICAO::createHexCode();
+        $this->assertNotNull($hex_code);
+    }
 }