library commentable

tavaresevora/commentable

A basic starting point for a flexible commentable system in Laravel

Commentable

Installation

Add commentable to your composer.json file to require :, _(*1)

    require : {
        ...
        "tavaresevora/commentable": "dev-master"
    }

Update Composer :, _(*2)

    composer update

The next required step is to add the service provider to config/app.php : ``` php Tavaresevora\Commentable\CommentableServiceProvider::class,, _(*3)

Migrate comments table

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=comment-migrations php artisan migrate, _(*4)

### Usage ###

Add commentable in model
``` php
    <?php

    namespace App;

    use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
    use Tavaresevora\Commentable\Commentable;

    class Post extends Model
    {
        use Commentable;
        ...
    }

Add new comment ``` php <?php, _(*5)

$post = App\Post::first();
$user = Auth::user();
$post->addComment('Superbe article !', $user);

//addComment($body, Model $author, $validate = NULL);

update a comment
``` php
    <?php

    $post = App\Post::first();
    $comment = $post->comments->first();
    $user = Auth::user();
    $post->updateComment($comment, $body)

    // If you want change the author
    $newUser = User::find(2);
    $post->updateComment($comment, $body, $newUser)

    //updateComment(Comment $comment, $body, Model $author = NULL)

delete a comment ``` php <?php, _(*6)

$post = App\Post::first();
$comment = $post->comments->first();
$post->deleteComment($comment)

//deleteComment(Comment $comment)

get author of comment
``` php
    <?php

    @foreach($post->comments as $comment)
        <p>
            {{ $comment->body }} - <span>{{ $comment->author->name }}</span>
        </p>
    @endforeach