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

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Http\Response;
use App\Contact;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\Context;

class ContactController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        //Check authentication and languages settings
        $this->middleware([ "auth" ]);
        $this->middleware([ "lang" ]);

        //The middleware is being run just before the pages is getting loaded.

        //We use this middleware to chek if a user has the right permission/authentication to view the pages
        $this->middleware([ "check.auth:contact.show" ])->only("show", "index");
        $this->middleware([ "check.auth:contact.create" ])->only("create", "store");
        $this->middleware([ "check.auth:contact.edit" ])->only("edit", "update");
        $this->middleware([ "check.auth:contact.delete" ])->only("delete");
    }

    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */

    //Controller for the contact index pages, all backend work for the contact index pages is done here.
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        //We use the Contact model to query all information from the contact form in the database
        $contact = Contact::query()->get();

        /*
         Here we return/pass the contact variable containing all the database information to the
         contacts.index pages as a parameter. The "contacts" in green text is the name you have to use
        on the index pages to get the data from the database, you can name it what ever you want, but its best
        best practice to give it a describing name.
        */
        return Response::detect("contacts.index", [ "contacts" => $contact]);
    }

    /**
     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */

    /*The create controller, all it has to do is redirect you to the contacts create pages*/
    public function create()
    {
        return Response::detect("contacts.create");
    }

    /**
     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */

    //The store controller is used to store user data.
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        //Validate that the user gave a contactname, title, email, phone and make sure its required and only contains max 255.
        $requestContact = $request->validate([
            "contactname" => "required|max:255",
            "title" => "required|max:255",
            "email" => "required|max:255",
            "phone" => "max:255",
        ]);

        //Make a new instance of the contact modal and pass $requestContact to be saved in the database
        $contact = new Contact($requestContact);
        //Set phonetimes to what the user entered, we dont validate thats why it has its on "save" function .
        $contact->phonetimes = $request->phonetimes;
        //Call the save function.
        $saved = $contact->save();

        //If it couldn't save redirect to the contacts.store view
        if(!$saved){
            return redirect()->route("contacts.store");
        }else{
            /*If it did get saved query all information from the database and redirect to contacts.index with the parameter
            contacts
            */
            $contact = Contact::query()->get();
            return redirect()->route("contacts.index", ['contacts' => $contact]);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Display the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */

    //The show controller is used to show a single entity from the database based on the id its get
    public function show($id)
    {
        return Response::detect("contacts.show", [ "contacts" => $id]);

    }

    /**
     * Show the form for editing the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */

    /*Edit controller finds all the data on the specific id passed to it, finds that entity from the database and
    that match with the id and redirect you to the edit pages.
    */
    public function edit($id)
    {
        $contact = Contact::find($id);
        return Response::detect("contacts.edit", ["contact" => $contact]);
    }

    /**
     * Update the specified resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */

    //Update controller
    public function update(Request $request, $id)
    {
        //request all the data from the database
        $data = $request->all();
        //Find the entity in the database that match the id
        $contact = Contact::find($id);
        //Call the update function
        $contact->update($data);
        //Call the save function
        $saved = $contact->save();

        //If it couldn't save redirect to the contacts.update view
        if(!$saved){
            return redirect()->route("contacts.update", [ "contacts" => $contact ]);
        }else{
            /*If it did get saved query all information from the database and redirect to contacts.index with the parameter
            contacts
            */
            $contact = Contact::query()->get();
            return redirect()->route("contacts.index", ['contacts' => $contact]);
        }

    }

    /**
     * Remove the specified resource from storage.
     *
     * @param int $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
     * @throws \Exception
     */
    //The destroy controller finds the id and calls a delete function, after that it redirects to contact index.
    public function destroy($id)
    {
        $contact = Contact::find($id);
        $contact->delete();
        return redirect()->route("contacts.index");
    }
}