/**
* get_show takes in a username, finds the user's id from the username, gets the information about the user from the
* followers and critts table and outputs it into the others.profile view
*/
public function action_show($username)
{
// we get the user's id that matches the username
$user_id = User::where('username', '=', $username)->only('id');
// declare some default values for variables
$following = null;
$followers = 0;
// if the username is not found, display an error
if ($user_id == null) {
echo "This username does not exist.";
} else {
if (Auth::user()) {
// if the user tries to go to his/her own profile, redirect to user's profile action.
if ($user_id == Auth::user()->id) {
return Redirect::to_action('user@index');
}
// check if the current user is already following $username
$following = Follower::where('user_id', '=', Auth::user()->id)->where('following_id', '=', $user_id)->get() ? true : false;
}
// eager load the critts with user data
$allcritts = Critt::with('user')->where('user_id', '=', $user_id);
// order the critts and split them in chunks of 10 per page
$critts = $allcritts->order_by('created_at', 'desc')->paginate(10);
// count the critts
$critts_count = $allcritts->count();
// count the followers
$followers = Follower::where('following_id', '=', $user_id)->count();
// bind data to the view
return View::make('others.profile')->with('username', $username)->with('user_id', $user_id)->with('following', $following)->with('followers', $followers)->with('count', $critts_count)->with('critts', $critts);
}
}
/**
* post_index validates input for the new critt and creates the critt in the DB
*/
public function post_index()
{
// get filtered input for the critt
$new_critt = array('critt' => htmlspecialchars(Input::get('new_critt')));
// assign validation rules
$rules = array('critt' => 'required|min:3|max:321');
// Make the validator
$validation = Validator::make($new_critt, $rules);
if ($validation->fails()) {
return Redirect::to_action('user@index')->with('user', Auth::User())->with_errors($validation)->with_input();
}
// attach current user's ID to the user_id in critts table
$new_critt['user_id'] = Auth::user()->id;
// create the new critt and get back to the user's profile
$critt = new Critt($new_critt);
$critt->save();
return Redirect::to_action('user@index');
}
/**
* get_index checks if the user is logged in already, if not, it shows a default home page with options to
* login or sign up, if logged in it will show a critter feed from all other users in the system
*/
public function get_index()
{
if (Auth::guest()) {
return View::make('home.index');
} else {
$critts = Critt::with('user')->order_by('created_at', 'desc')->paginate(10);
$count = Critt::count();
return View::make('home.critterfeed')->with('count', $count)->with('critts', $critts);
}
}
