add ability to edit your own posts

Author: Shawn McCool

app/controllers/ForumController.php

@@ -99,14 +99,16 @@ public function postCreateThread()
     public function getEditThread($threadId)
     {
         $thread = $this->comments->requireForumThreadById($threadId);
-        $tags = $this->tags->getAllForForum();
+        if (Auth::user()->id != $thread->author_id) return Redirect::to('/');
 
+        $tags = $this->tags->getAllForForum();
         $this->view('forum.editthread', compact('thread', 'tags'));
     }
 
     public function postEditThread($threadId)
     {
-        $comment = $this->comments->requireForumThreadById($threadId);
+        $thread = $this->comments->requireForumThreadById($threadId);
+        if (Auth::user()->id != $thread->author_id) return Redirect::to('/');
 
         // i hate everything about these controllers, it's awful
         $form = $this->comments->getForumCreateForm();
@@ -115,24 +117,54 @@ public function postEditThread($threadId)
             return $this->redirectBack(['errors' => $form->getErrors()]);
         }
 
-        $comment->fill([
+        $thread->fill([
             'title'         => Input::get('title'),
             'body'          => Input::get('body'),
         ]);
 
-        if ( ! $comment->isValid()) {
-            return $this->redirectBack(['errors' => $comment->getErrors()]);
+        if ( ! $thread->isValid()) {
+            return $this->redirectBack(['errors' => $thread->getErrors()]);
         }
 
-        $this->comments->save($comment);
+        $this->comments->save($thread);
 
         // store tags
         $tags = $this->tags->getTagsByIds(Input::get('tags'));
-        $comment->tags()->sync($tags->lists('id'));
+        $thread->tags()->sync($tags->lists('id'));
 
         // load new slug
-        $commentSlug = $comment->slug()->first()->slug;
+        $threadSlug = $thread->slug()->first()->slug;
 
-        return $this->redirectAction('ForumController@getThread', [$commentSlug]);
+        return $this->redirectAction('ForumController@getThread', [$threadSlug]);
+    }
+
+    // oh god it's so bad
+    public function getEditComment($commentId)
+    {
+        $comment = $this->comments->requireForumThreadById($commentId);
+        if (Auth::user()->id != $comment->author_id) return Redirect::to('/');
+        $this->view('forum.editcomment', compact('comment'));
+    }
+
+    public function postEditComment($commentId)
+    {
+        $comment = $this->comments->requireForumThreadById($commentId);
+        if (Auth::user()->id != $comment->author_id) return Redirect::to('/');
+
+        // i hate everything about these controllers, it's awful
+        $form = $this->comments->getForumReplyForm();
+
+        if ( ! $form->isValid()) return $this->redirectBack(['errors' => $form->getErrors()]);
+
+        $comment->fill([
+            'title'         => Input::get('title'),
+            'body'          => Input::get('body'),
+        ]);
+
+        if ( ! $comment->isValid()) return $this->redirectBack(['errors' => $comment->getErrors()]);
+
+        $this->comments->save($comment);
+
+        return $this->redirectAction('ForumController@getThread', [$comment->parent->slug->slug]);
     }
 }

app/routes.php

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 Route::post('forum/create-thread', ['before' => 'auth', 'uses' => 'ForumController@postCreateThread']);
 Route::get('forum/edit-thread/{threadId}', ['before' => 'auth', 'uses' => 'ForumController@getEditThread']);
 Route::post('forum/edit-thread/{threadId}', ['before' => 'auth', 'uses' => 'ForumController@postEditThread']);
+Route::get('forum/edit-comment/{commentId}', ['before' => 'auth', 'uses' => 'ForumController@getEditComment']);
+Route::post('forum/edit-comment/{commentId}', ['before' => 'auth', 'uses' => 'ForumController@postEditComment']);
 Route::get('forum/{slug}', ['before' => 'handle_slug', 'uses' => 'ForumController@getThread']);
 Route::post('forum/{slug}', ['before' => 'auth|handle_slug', 'uses' => 'ForumController@postThread']);
 

app/views/forum/_comment.blade.php

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         @endif
 
         {{ $comment->body }}
-        
+
         <ul class="meta">
             <li><i class="icon-time"></i>&nbsp;{{ $comment->created_ago }}</li>
             <li><i class="icon-user"></i>&nbsp;<a href="{{ $comment->author->profileUrl }}">{{ $comment->author->name }}</a></li>
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
             @if(Auth::user() && $comment->id == $thread->id && $comment->author_id == Auth::user()->id)
                 <li><i class="icon-link"></i>&nbsp;<a href="{{ action('ForumController@getEditThread', [$comment->id]) }}">Edit</a></li>
+                {{-- this code is so awful... --}}
+            @elseif(Auth::user() && $comment->author_id == Auth::user()->id)
+                <li><i class="icon-link"></i>&nbsp;<a href="{{ action('ForumController@getEditComment', [$comment->id]) }}">Edit</a></li>
+            @else
+                {{-- “That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted.”  --}}
             @endif
         </ul>
     </div>

app/views/forum/editcomment.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+@extends('layouts._two_columns_left_sidebar')
+
+@section('sidebar')
+    @include('forum._sidebar')
+@stop
+
+@section('content')
+    <div class="row forum">
+        <div class="small-12 columns form">
+            {{ Form::open() }}
+                <fieldset>
+                    <legend>Edit Comment</legend>
+
+                    <div class="row">
+                        <div class="">
+                            {{ Form::label('body', 'Thread') }}
+                            <div id="markdown_editor"></div>
+                            {{ Form::textarea('body', null, ['id' => '_markdown_textarea', 'style' => 'display: none;']) }}
+                            {{ $errors->first('body', '<small class="error">:message</small>') }}
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <div class="row">
+                        {{ Form::button('Save', ['type' => 'submit', 'class' => 'button']) }}
+                    </div>
+
+                </fieldset>
+
+            {{ Form::close() }}
+
+        </div>
+    </div>
+@stop
+
+{{-- “What do you think you are, for Chrissake, crazy or somethin'? Well you're not! You're not! You're no crazier than the average asshole out walkin' around on the streets and that's it. ”  --}}
+
+@include('layouts._markdown_editor')