*/ class ArticleController extends Controller { /** * Create a new controller instance. * constructor to check * 1. authentication * 2. user roles * 3. roles must be agent. * * @return void */ public function __construct() { // checking authentication $this->middleware('auth'); // checking roles $this->middleware('roles'); SettingsController::language(); } public function test() { //$table = $this->setDatatable(); return view('themes.default1.agent.kb.article.test'); } /** * Fetching all the list of articles in a chumper datatable format. * * @return type void */ public function getData() { $article = new Article(); $articles = $article ->select('id', 'name', 'description', 'publish_time', 'slug') ->orderBy('publish_time', 'desc') ->get(); // returns chumper datatable return Datatable::Collection($articles) /* add column name */ ->addColumn('name', function ($model) { $name = Str::limit($model->name, 20, '...'); return "

name>$name

"; }) /* add column Created */ ->addColumn('publish_time', function ($model) { $t = $model->publish_time; return $t; }) /* add column action */ ->addColumn('Actions', function ($model) { /* here are all the action buttons and modal popup to delete articles with confirmations */ return ' '.\Lang::get('lang.edit').' '.\Lang::get('lang.view').' '; }) ->searchColumns('name', 'description', 'publish_time') ->orderColumns('name', 'description', 'publish_time') ->make(); } /** * List of Articles. * * @return type view */ public function index() { /* show article list */ try { return view('themes.default1.agent.kb.article.index'); } catch (Exception $e) { return redirect()->back()->with('fails', $e->getMessage()); } } /** * Creating a Article. * * @param type Category $category * * @return type view */ public function create(Category $category) { /* get the attributes of the category */ $category = $category->pluck('id', 'name'); /* get the create page */ try { return view('themes.default1.agent.kb.article.create', compact('category')); } catch (Exception $e) { return redirect()->back()->with('fails', $e->getMessage()); } } /** * Insert the values to the article. * * @param type Article $article * @param type ArticleRequest $request * * @return type redirect */ public function store(Article $article, ArticleRequest $request) { // requesting the values to store article data $publishTime = $request->input('year').'-'.$request->input('month').'-'.$request->input('day').' '.$request->input('hour').':'.$request->input('minute').':00'; $sl = $request->input('name'); $slug = Str::slug($sl, '-'); $article->slug = $slug; $article->publish_time = $publishTime; $article->fill($request->except('created_at', 'slug'))->save(); // creating article category relationship $requests = $request->input('category_id'); $id = $article->id; foreach ($requests as $req) { DB::insert('insert into kb_article_relationship (category_id, article_id) values (?,?)', [$req, $id]); } /* insert the values to the article table */ try { $article->fill($request->except('slug'))->save(); return redirect('article')->with('success', Lang::get('lang.article_inserted_successfully')); } catch (Exception $e) { return redirect('article')->with('fails', Lang::get('lang.article_not_inserted').'
  • '.$e->getMessage().'
    • '); } } /** * Edit an Article by id. * * @param type Integer $id * @param type Article $article * @param type Relationship $relation * @param type Category $category * * @return view */ public function edit($slug) { $article = new Article(); $relation = new Relationship(); $category = new Category(); $aid = $article->where('id', $slug)->first(); $id = $aid->id; /* define the selected fields */ $assign = $relation->where('article_id', $id)->pluck('category_id'); /* get the attributes of the category */ $category = $category->pluck('id', 'name'); /* get the selected article and display it at edit page */ /* Get the selected article with id */ $article = $article->whereId($id)->first(); /* send to the edit page */ try { return view('themes.default1.agent.kb.article.edit', compact('assign', 'article', 'category')); } catch (Exception $e) { return redirect()->back()->with('fails', $e->getMessage()); } } /** * Update an Artile by id. * * @param type Integer $id * @param type Article $article * @param type Relationship $relation * @param type ArticleRequest $request * * @return Response */ public function update($slug, ArticleUpdate $request) { $article = new Article(); $relation = new Relationship(); $aid = $article->where('id', $slug)->first(); $publishTime = $request->input('year').'-'.$request->input('month').'-'.$request->input('day').' '.$request->input('hour').':'.$request->input('minute').':00'; $id = $aid->id; $sl = $request->input('slug'); $slug = Str::slug($sl, '-'); // dd($slug); $article->slug = $slug; /* get the attribute of relation table where id==$id */ $relation = $relation->where('article_id', $id); $relation->delete(); /* get the request of the current articles */ $article = $article->whereId($id)->first(); $requests = $request->input('category_id'); $id = $article->id; foreach ($requests as $req) { DB::insert('insert into kb_article_relationship (category_id, article_id) values (?,?)', [$req, $id]); } /* update the value to the table */ try { $article->fill($request->all())->save(); $article->slug = $slug; $article->publish_time = $publishTime; $article->save(); return redirect()->back()->with('success', Lang::get('lang.article_updated_successfully')); } catch (Exception $e) { return redirect()->back()->with('fails', Lang::get('lang.article_not_updated').'
  • '.$e->getMessage().'
    • '); } } /** * Delete an Agent by id. * * @param type $id * @param type Article $article * * @return Response */ public function destroy($slug, Article $article, Relationship $relation, Comment $comment) { /* delete the selected article from the table */ $article = $article->where('slug', $slug)->first(); //get the selected article via id $id = $article->id; $comments = $comment->where('article_id', $id)->get(); if ($comments) { foreach ($comments as $comment) { $comment->delete(); } } // deleting relationship $relation = $relation->where('article_id', $id)->first(); if ($relation) { $relation->delete(); } if ($article) { if ($article->delete()) {//true:redirect to index page with success message return redirect('article')->with('success', Lang::get('lang.article_deleted_successfully')); } else { //redirect to index page with fails message return redirect('article')->with('fails', Lang::get('lang.article_not_deleted')); } } else { return redirect('article')->with('fails', Lang::get('lang.article_can_not_deleted')); } } /** * user time zone * fetching timezone. * * @param type $utc * * @return type */ public static function usertimezone($utc) { $user = Auth::user(); $tz = $user->timezone; $set = Settings::whereId('1')->first(); $format = $set->dateformat; //$utc = date('M d Y h:i:s A'); date_default_timezone_set($tz); $offset = date('Z', strtotime($utc)); $date = date($format, strtotime($utc) + $offset); echo $date; } }