public function getProfile($username)
{
$user = User::where('username', $username)->first();
if (!$user) {
abort(404);
}
return view('profile.index')->with('user', $user);
}
public function getAccept($username)
{
$user = User::where('username', $username)->first();
if (!$user) {
return redirect()->route('home')->with('info', 'That user could not be found.');
}
if (!Auth::user()->hasFriendRequestReceived($user)) {
return redirect()->route('home');
}
Auth::user()->acceptFriendRequest($user);
return redirect()->back()->with('info', 'Friend request accepted.');
//return redirect()->route('profile.index', ['username' => $username])->with('info', 'Friend request accepted.');
//dd($username);
}
public function getResults(Request $request)
{
//Search result
$query = $request->input('query');
//If no result turns up in the search, the user is redirected to the home page
if (!$query) {
return redirect()->route('home');
}
//Performs a raw DB query which compares the query to the first and last name of a user
//or to the username.
//There may be a better, faster and safer way to do this search
$users = User::where(DB::raw("CONCAT(first_name, ' ', last_name)"), 'LIKE', "%{$query}%")->orWhere('username', 'LIKE', "%{$query}%")->get();
//dd($users);
return view('search.results')->with('users', $users);
}
public function postSignUp(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, ['email' => 'required|unique:users|email|max:255', 'username' => 'required|unique:users|alpha_dash|max:20', 'password' => 'required|min:6']);
User::create(['email' => $request->input('email'), 'username' => $request->input('username'), 'password' => bcrypt($request->input('password'))]);
return redirect()->route('home')->with('info', 'Your account has been created and you can now sign in.');
}