Internal Messages

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What does it do?

This module adds a new section in your project called Messages - where users can send messages to each other.
Like a mini-inbox.

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How does the result look in QuickAdminPanel code?

We create quite a lot of files within module, will mention most important ones.
Migrations for DB tables:

Schema::create('messenger_topics', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->increments('id');
    $table->string('subject');
    $table->integer('sender_id');
    $table->integer('receiver_id');
    $table->timestamp('sent_at')->nullable();
    $table->timestamp('sender_read_at')->nullable();
    $table->timestamp('receiver_read_at')->nullable();
    $table->timestamps();
    $table->softDeletes();
});

Schema::create('messenger_messages', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->increments('id');
    $table->integer('topic_id')->unsigned();
    $table->foreign('topic_id')->references('id')->on('messenger_topics')->onDelete('cascade');
    $table->integer('sender_id');
    $table->text('content');
    $table->timestamp('sent_at')->default(DB::raw('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'));
    $table->timestamps();
    $table->softDeletes();
});

MessengerController:

class MessengerController extends Controller
{

    public function index()
    {
        $topics = Auth::user()->topics()->with('receiver', 'sender')->orderBy('sent_at', 'desc')->get();
        $title  = 'Messages';

        return view('admin.messenger.index', compact('topics', 'title'));
    }

    public function create()
    {
        $users = User::all()->pluck('email', 'id');

        return view('admin.messenger.create', compact('users'));
    }

    public function store(StoreMessageRequest $request)
    {
        $sender = Auth::user()->id;

        MessengerTopic::create([
            'subject'     => $request->input('subject'),
            'sender_id'   => $sender,
            'receiver_id' => $request->input('receiver'),
            'sent_at'     => Carbon::now(),
        ])->read()
            ->messages()->create([
                'sender_id' => $sender,
                'content'   => $request->input('content'),
            ]);

        return redirect()->route('admin.messenger.index');
    }

    public function show(MessengerTopic $topic)
    {

        $user = Auth::user();
        if ($topic->receiver->id != $user->id && $topic->sender->id != $user->id) {
            return abort(401);
        }

        $topic->load('receiver', 'sender', 'messages');
        $unreadMessages = [];
        foreach($topic->messages as $message) {
            if($message->unread($topic)) {
                $unreadMessages[] = $message->id;
            }
        }
        $topic->read();

        return view('admin.messenger.show', compact('topic', 'unreadMessages'));
    }

    public function edit(MessengerTopic $topic)
    {
        $user = Auth::user();
        if ($topic->receiver->id != $user->id && $topic->sender->id != $user->id) {
            return abort(401);
        }
        $topic->load('receiver', 'sender');
        $user = $topic->otherPerson()->email;

        return view('admin.messenger.reply', compact('topic', 'user'));
    }

    public function update(UpdateMessageRequest $request, MessengerTopic $topic)
    {
        $user = Auth::user();
        if ($topic->receiver->id != $user->id && $topic->sender->id != $user->id) {
            return abort(401);
        }

        $topic->sent_at = Carbon::now();
        $topic->save();
        $topic->read();
        $topic->messages()->create([
            'sender_id' => Auth::user()->id,
            'content'   => $request->input('content'),
        ]);

        return redirect()->route('admin.messenger.show', $topic->id);
    }

    public function destroy(MessengerTopic $topic)
    {
        $user = Auth::user();
        if ($topic->receiver->id != $user->id && $topic->sender->id != $user->id) {
            return abort(401);
        }

        $topic->delete();

        return redirect()->route('admin.messenger.index');
    }

    public function inbox()
    {
        $topics = Auth::user()->inbox()->with('receiver', 'sender')->orderBy('sent_at', 'desc')->get();
        $title  = 'Inbox';

        return view('admin.messenger.index', compact('topics', 'title'));
    }

    public function outbox()
    {
        $topics = Auth::user()->outbox()->with('receiver', 'sender')->orderBy('sent_at', 'desc')->get();
        $title  = 'Outbox';

        return view('admin.messenger.index', compact('topics', 'title'));
    }
}

And also Blade view files - won't show the code here, just the list:

• resources/views/admin/messenger/create.blade.php
• resources/views/admin/messenger/form-partials/fields.blade.php
• resources/views/admin/messenger/index.blade.php
• resources/views/admin/messenger/reply.blade.php
• resources/views/admin/messenger/show.blade.php
• resources/views/admin/messenger/template.blade.php

You can easily customize the logic after download by adding Laravel code into one of those files.

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How to install/use the module?

Go to your panel's Modules menu item, find the module in the list and click Install. You will see a new menu item Messages (1).

And that's it - download your panel and Messages function will be there.