Ekapp/skolehjem/app/Http/Controllers/RootController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Event;
use App\News;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Http\Response;

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Copenhagen');

class RootController extends Controller
{
    function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware("auth");
        $this->middleware([ "lang" ]);
    }

    public function index() {
        $perPage = 5;

        //Delete news Articels
        $news = News::query()->where('news_expiration_date', '<=', date('Y-m-d').'T'.date('H:i'))->get();
        foreach ($news as $new) {
            $new->delete();
        }


        //All news
        $newsCollection = News::query()->orderBy('id', 'desc')->get();

        //Runs through all the news and deletes the old stuff
        foreach ($newsCollection as $new)
        {
            if($new->type_id == 3)
                if(Event::query()->where('id', '=', $new->arrangement_id)->first() == null)
                    $new->delete();
        }

        //Return either the admin or app index page without the old news
        if(auth()->user()->can('admin.panel.show')) {
            if(Response::detect("root.index")->name() == "admin.root.index")
                return view("admin.root.index");
            else {
                $news = News::query()->select(['news_types.type', 'news.subname', 'news.id', 'news.resource_id', 'news.created_at', 'news.arrangement_id', 'news.content' ])->join('news_types', 'news_types.id', '=', 'news.type_id')->orderBy('news.id', 'desc')->get();
                return view("app.root.index", ["news" => $news]);
            }
        }
        else {
            $news = News::query()->select(['news_types.type', 'news.subname', 'news.id', 'news.resource_id', 'news.created_at' ])->join('news_types', 'news_types.id', '=', 'news.type_id')->orderBy('news.id', 'desc')->get();

            return Response::detect('root.index', ["news" => $news]);
        }
    }
}