Finalmente ho trovato una soluzione adatta alle mie esigenze! Grazie per tutto l'aiuto a tutti e anche per le critiche costruttive :)
Laravel 4 - Eloquent. Infiniti bambini in una matrice utilizzabile?
Soluzione:
<?php
class ItemsHelper {
private $items;
public function __construct($items) {
$this->items = $items;
}
public function htmlList() {
return $this->htmlFromArray($this->itemArray());
}
private function itemArray() {
$result = array();
foreach($this->items as $item) {
if ($item->parent_id == 0) {
$result[$item->name] = $this->itemWithChildren($item);
}
}
return $result;
}
private function childrenOf($item) {
$result = array();
foreach($this->items as $i) {
if ($i->parent_id == $item->id) {
$result[] = $i;
}
}
return $result;
}
private function itemWithChildren($item) {
$result = array();
$children = $this->childrenOf($item);
foreach ($children as $child) {
$result[$child->name] = $this->itemWithChildren($child);
}
return $result;
}
private function htmlFromArray($array) {
$html = '';
foreach($array as $k=>$v) {
$html .= "<ul>";
$html .= "<li>".$k."</li>";
if(count($v) > 0) {
$html .= $this->htmlFromArray($v);
}
$html .= "</ul>";
}
return $html;
}
}