reconstruction of the project

app/Models/ParentAttendanceReport.php

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use App\Models\BaseModel;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class ParentAttendanceReport extends BaseModel
 {
     protected $table = 'parent_attendance_reports';
-    protected $primaryKey       = 'id';
-    protected $useAutoIncrement = true;
+
+    // ✅ CI: useTimestamps = true
     public $timestamps = true;
-    const CREATED_AT = 'created_at';
-    const UPDATED_AT = 'updated_at';
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'parent_id',
         'student_id',
@@ -28,42 +28,63 @@ class ParentAttendanceReport extends BaseModel
         'updated_at',
     ];
 
-    protected $validationRules = [
-        'parent_id'       => 'required|is_natural_no_zero',
-        'student_id'      => 'required|is_natural_no_zero',
-        'report_date'     => 'required|valid_date[Y-m-d]',
-        'type'            => 'required|in_list[absent,late,early_dismissal]',
-        'arrival_time'    => 'permit_empty|regex_match[/^\d{2}:\d{2}(:\d{2})?$/]',
-        'dismiss_time'    => 'permit_empty|regex_match[/^\d{2}:\d{2}(:\d{2})?$/]',
-        'semester'        => 'permit_empty|string',
-        'school_year'     => 'permit_empty|string',
-        'status'          => 'permit_empty|in_list[new,seen,processed]',
+    protected $casts = [
+        'parent_id'       => 'integer',
+        'student_id'      => 'integer',
+        'class_section_id'=> 'integer',
+        'report_date'     => 'date',
     ];
 
-    public function listForDateRange(?string $startDate = null, ?string $endDate = null, ?string $schoolYear = null, ?string $semester = null): array
+    /* Optional relationships */
+    public function parent()
     {
-        $b = $this->builder();
-        if ($startDate) {
-            $b->where('report_date >=', $startDate);
+        return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'parent_id');
+    }
+
+    public function student()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(Student::class, 'student_id');
+    }
+
+    public function classSection()
+    {
+        // classSection table uses class_section_id as “business key”; your join uses that.
+        return $this->belongsTo(ClassSection::class, 'class_section_id', 'class_section_id');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Laravel equivalent of CI listForDateRange()
+     * Returns array rows with:
+     * parent_attendance_reports.* + students firstname/lastname + classSection class_section_name
+     */
+    public static function listForDateRange(
+        ?string $startDate = null,
+        ?string $endDate = null,
+        ?string $schoolYear = null,
+        ?string $semester = null
+    ): array {
+        $q = DB::table('parent_attendance_reports as par');
+
+        if (!empty($startDate)) {
+            $q->where('par.report_date', '>=', $startDate);
         }
-        if ($endDate) {
-            $b->where('report_date <=', $endDate);
+        if (!empty($endDate)) {
+            $q->where('par.report_date', '<=', $endDate);
         }
         if (is_string($schoolYear) && $schoolYear !== '') {
-            $b->where('school_year', $schoolYear);
+            $q->where('par.school_year', $schoolYear);
         }
         if (is_string($semester) && $semester !== '') {
-            $b->where('semester', $semester);
+            $q->where('par.semester', $semester);
         }
 
-        // Join student + class section labels
-        $b->select('parent_attendance_reports.*, s.firstname, s.lastname, cs.class_section_name')
-          ->join('students s', 's.id = parent_attendance_reports.student_id', 'left')
-          ->join('classSection cs', 'cs.class_section_id = parent_attendance_reports.class_section_id', 'left')
-          ->orderBy('report_date', 'ASC')
-          ->orderBy('class_section_id', 'ASC')
-          ->orderBy('student_id', 'ASC');
+        $q->leftJoin('students as s', 's.id', '=', 'par.student_id')
+          ->leftJoin('classSection as cs', 'cs.class_section_id', '=', 'par.class_section_id')
+          ->select('par.*', 's.firstname', 's.lastname', 'cs.class_section_name')
+          ->orderBy('par.report_date', 'asc')
+          ->orderBy('par.class_section_id', 'asc')
+          ->orderBy('par.student_id', 'asc');
 
-        return $b->get()->getResultArray();
+        return $q->get()->map(fn ($r) => (array) $r)->all();
     }
-}
+}