accompanying period validation - on social issues suppression

src/Bundle/ChillPersonBundle/Entity/SocialWork/SocialIssue.php

@@ -121,6 +121,27 @@ class SocialIssue
         return $ancestors;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * get all the ancestors of the social issue
+     *
+     * @param bool $includeThis if the array in the result must include the present SocialIssue
+     */
+    public function getAncestors(bool $includeThis = true): array
+    {
+        $ancestors = [];
+
+        if ($includeThis) {
+            $ancestors[] = $this;
+        }
+
+        $current = $this;
+        while ($current->hasParent()) {
+            $ancestors[] = $current = $current->getParent();
+        }
+
+        return $ancestors;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return Collection|self[]
      */