pushing for now, needs validation work

app/Http/Controllers/Assets/BulkAssetsController.php

@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class BulkAssetsController extends Controller
         })->get();
 
         $models = $asset_custom_field->unique('model_id');  
+        $modelNames = [];
+    foreach($models as $model) {
+        $modelNames[] = $model->name;
+    } 
 
        ray($asset_custom_field); 
         ray($models);
@@ -78,7 +82,8 @@ class BulkAssetsController extends Controller
                         ->with('assets', $asset_ids)
                         ->with('statuslabel_list', Helper::statusLabelList())
                         // ->with('custom_fields', $custom_fields)
-                        ->with('models', $models->pluck('model')); 
+                        ->with('models', $models->pluck('model')) 
+                        ->with('modelNames', $modelNames);
             }
         }
 

app/Models/CustomField.php

@@ -181,8 +181,6 @@ class CustomField extends Model
     public function assetModels()
     {
        return $this->fieldset()->with('models')->get()->pluck('models')->flatten()->unique('id'); 
-       
-        // return $this->models->where(, AssetModel::class);
     }
 
     /**

resources/views/models/custom_fields_form_bulk_edit.blade.php

@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 @php
+//set array up before loop so it doesn't get wiped at every iteration
     $fields = [];
-    $modelNames = [];
-    foreach($models as $model) {
-        $modelNames[] = $model->name;
-    }
 @endphp
 @foreach($models as $model)
 @if (($model) && ($model->fieldset))
     @foreach($model->fieldset->fields AS $field)
-
+        @php
-    @php
+        //prevents some duplicate queries - open to a better way of skipping dupes in output
-        if (in_array($field->db_column_name(), $fields)) {
+        //its ugly, but if we'd rather deal with duplicate queries we can get rid of this. 
-            $duplicate = true;
+            if (in_array($field->db_column_name(), $fields)) {
-            continue; 
+                $duplicate = true;
-        } else {
+                continue; 
-            $duplicate = false;
+            } else {
-        }
+                $duplicate = false;
-        $fields[] = $field->db_column_name(); 
+            }
-    @endphp
+            $fields[] = $field->db_column_name(); 
+        @endphp
 
     <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has($field->db_column_name()) ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
       <label for="{{ $field->db_column_name() }}" class="col-md-3 control-label">{{ $field->name }} </label>