#4: It's now possible to delete single comments and bulk-delete multiple comments in the admin screen

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/GroupController.php

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class GroupController extends Controller
 
     public function delete($id)
     {
-        $this->authorizeAccessToAdminPanel();
+        $this->authorizeAccessToAdminPanel('admin:manage-groups');
 
         $group = Group::where('id', intval($id))->first();
         if (is_null($group))

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/PhotoCommentController.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use App\Facade\Theme;
 use App\Facade\UserConfig;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\PhotoComment;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
 
 class PhotoCommentController extends Controller
@@ -16,17 +17,141 @@ class PhotoCommentController extends Controller
         View::share('is_admin', true);
     }
 
-    public function index()
+    public function applyBulkAction(Request $request)
     {
-        $this->authorizeAccessToAdminPanel();
+        $this->authorizeAccessToAdminPanel('admin:manage-comments');
+
+        $commentIDs = $request->get('comment_ids');
+        if (is_null($commentIDs) || !is_array($commentIDs) || count($commentIDs) == 0)
+        {
+            $request->session()->flash('warning', trans('admin.no_comments_selected_message'));
+            return redirect(route('comments.index'));
+        }
+
+        $comments = PhotoComment::whereIn('id', $commentIDs)->get();
+        $commentsActioned = 0;
+
+        if ($request->has('bulk_delete'))
+        {
+            /** @var PhotoComment $comment */
+            foreach ($comments as $comment)
+            {
+                $comment->delete();
+                $commentsActioned++;
+            }
+
+            $request->session()->flash('success', trans_choice('admin.bulk_comments_deleted', $commentsActioned, ['number' => $commentsActioned]));
+        }
+
+        return redirect(route('comments.index'));
+    }
+
+    public function bulkAction(Request $request)
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAccessToAdminPanel('admin:manage-comments');
+
+        $commentIDs = $request->get('comment_ids');
+        if (is_null($commentIDs) || !is_array($commentIDs) || count($commentIDs) == 0)
+        {
+            $request->session()->flash('warning', trans('admin.no_comments_selected_message'));
+            return redirect(route('comments.index'));
+        }
+
+        if ($request->has('bulk_delete'))
+        {
+            if (count($commentIDs) == 1)
+            {
+                // Single comment selected - redirect to the single delete page
+                return redirect(route('comments.delete', ['id' => $commentIDs[0]]));
+            }
+
+            // Show the view to confirm the delete
+            return Theme::render('admin.bulk_delete_comments', [
+                'comment_count' => count($commentIDs),
+                'comment_ids' => $commentIDs
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        // Unrecognised action - simply redirect back to the index page
+        return redirect(route('comments.index'));
+    }
+
+    public function delete($id)
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAccessToAdminPanel('admin:manage-comments');
+
+        $comment = PhotoComment::where('id', intval($id))->first();
+        if (is_null($comment))
+        {
+            App::abort(404);
+        }
+
+        return Theme::render('admin.delete_comment', ['comment' => $comment]);
+    }
+
+    public function destroy(Request $request, $id)
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAccessToAdminPanel('admin:manage-comments');
+
+        /** @var PhotoComment $comment */
+        $comment = PhotoComment::where('id', intval($id))->first();
+        if (is_null($comment))
+        {
+            App::abort(404);
+        }
+
+        $comment->delete();
+        $request->session()->flash('success', trans('admin.comment_deletion_successful', [
+            'author_name' => $comment->authorDisplayName()
+        ]));
+
+        return redirect(route('comments.index'));
+    }
+
+    public function index(Request $request)
+    {
+        $this->authorizeAccessToAdminPanel('admin:manage-comments');
+
+        $validStatusList = [
+            'all',
+            'pending',
+            'approved',
+            'rejected'
+        ];
+
+        $filterStatus = $request->get('status', 'all');
+        if (!in_array($filterStatus, $validStatusList))
+        {
+            $filterStatus = $validStatusList[0];
+        }
 
         $comments = PhotoComment::with('photo')
             ->with('photo.album')
-            ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
+            ->orderBy('created_at', 'desc');
-            ->paginate(UserConfig::get('items_per_page'));
+
+        switch (strtolower($filterStatus))
+        {
+            case 'approved':
+                $comments->whereNotNull('approved_at')
+                    ->whereNull('rejected_at');
+                break;
+
+            case 'pending':
+                $comments->whereNull('approved_at')
+                    ->whereNull('rejected_at');
+                break;
+
+            case 'rejected':
+                $comments->whereNull('approved_at')
+                    ->whereNotNull('rejected_at');
+                break;
+        }
 
         return Theme::render('admin.list_comments', [
-            'comments' => $comments
+            'comments' => $comments->paginate(UserConfig::get('items_per_page')),
+            'filter_status' => $filterStatus,
+            'success' => $request->session()->get('success'),
+            'warning' => $request->session()->get('warning')
         ]);
     }
 }

resources/lang/en/admin.php

@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ return [
     'analyse_photos_failed' => 'The following items could not be analysed and were removed:',
     'analyse_photos_failed_metadata' => 'The following items could not be analysed:',
     'anonymous_users' => 'Anonymous (not logged in)',
+    'bulk_comments_deleted' => ':number comment was deleted successfully.|:number comments were deleted successfully.',
     'bulk_photos_changed' => ':number photo was updated successfully.|:number photos were updated successfully.',
     'cannot_delete_own_user_account' => 'It is not possible to delete your own user account. Please ask another administrator to delete it for you.',
     'cannot_remove_own_admin' => 'You cannot remove your own administrator permissions. Please ask another administrator to remove the administrator permissions for you.',
     'change_album_message' => 'Please select the album to move the photo(s) to:',
     'change_album_title' => 'Move photo(s) to another album',
+    'comment_deletion_successful' => 'The comment by ":author_name" was removed successfully.',
     'comment_summary' => ':album_name / :photo_name / :comment_date',
     'create_album' => 'Create a photo album',
     'create_album_intro' => 'Photo albums contain individual photographs together in the same way as a physical photo album or memory book.',
@@ -94,6 +96,12 @@ return [
     'delete_album_failed_children' => 'The album ":album" contains child albums and cannot be deleted. Please delete or move the child albums first.',
     'delete_album_success_message' => 'The album ":album" was deleted successfully.',
     'delete_album_warning' => 'This is a permanent action that cannot be undone!',
+    'delete_comment' => 'Delete comment by :author_name',
+    'delete_comment_confirm' => 'Are you sure you want to permanently remove this comment by ":author_name"?',
+    'delete_comment_warning' => 'This is a permanent action that cannot be reversed!',
+    'delete_comments' => 'Delete :number comments',
+    'delete_comments_confirm' => 'Are you sure you want to permanently remove these :number comments?',
+    'delete_comments_warning' => 'This is a permanent action that cannot be reversed!',
     'delete_bulk_photos_message' => 'Are you sure you want to delete the selected photos? This action cannot be undone!',
     'delete_bulk_photos_title' => 'Delete selected photos',
     'delete_group' => 'Delete group: :name',
@@ -145,6 +153,12 @@ return [
     'list_albums_intro' => 'Albums contain collections of individual photographs in the same way as a physical photo album or memory book.',
     'list_albums_title' => 'Albums',
     'list_comments_intro' => 'Comments are messages left on your photos by visitors and users.',
+    'list_comments_status' => [
+        'all' => '- All -',
+        'approved' => 'Approved',
+        'pending' => 'Pending moderation',
+        'rejected' => 'Rejected',
+    ],
     'list_comments_title' => 'Comments',
     'list_groups_intro' => 'Organise your users into categories or types by using groups. You can assign permissions on albums to groups of users to make administration and management easier.',
     'list_groups_title' => 'Groups',
@@ -176,6 +190,10 @@ return [
     'move_successful_message' => 'The photo ":name" was moved successfully to the ":album" album.',
     'no_albums_text' => 'You have no photo albums yet. Click the button below to create one.',
     'no_albums_title' => 'No Photo Albums',
+    'no_comments_selected_message' => 'Please select at least one comment.',
+    'no_comments_text' => 'You have no comments that match the filter selected.',
+    'no_comments_text_2' => 'Comments will show here when they are posted on a photo in the gallery, or you can try changing the filter above.',
+    'no_comments_title' => 'No Comments Found',
     'no_groups_text' => 'You have no groups yet. Click the button below to create one.',
     'no_groups_title' => 'No Groups',
     'no_labels_text' => 'You have no labels yet. Use the form below to create one.',

resources/lang/en/forms.php

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ return [
     'default_album_view_label' => 'Default view mode in the gallery:',
     'default_storage_label' => 'Use as the default storage location for new albums',
     'delete_action' => 'Delete',
+    'delete_selected_action' => 'Delete selected',
     'description_label' => 'Description:',
     'download_action' => 'Download',
     'edit_action' => 'Edit',
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ return [
     'email_label' => 'E-mail address:',
     'email_placeholder' => 'name@example.com',
     'enable_profile_page_label' => 'Allow others to see my profile page',
+    'filter_comments_status_label' => 'Show comments that are:',
     'inherit_album_permissions' => 'Inherit permissions from parent album / default settings',
     'labels_label' => 'Labels:',
     'login_action' => 'Login',

resources/lang/en/navigation.php

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ return [
         'create_user' => 'Create user',
         'default_album_permissions' => 'Default album permissions',
         'delete_album' => 'Delete album',
+        'delete_comment' => 'Delete comment',
         'delete_group' => 'Delete group',
         'delete_label' => 'Delete label',
         'delete_storage' => 'Delete storage location',

resources/views/themes/base/admin/bulk_delete_comments.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+@extends(Theme::viewName('layout'))
+@section('title', trans('admin.delete_comments', ['number' => $comment_count]))
+
+@section('breadcrumb')
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="{{ route('home') }}"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-home"></i></a></li>
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="{{ route('admin') }}">@lang('navigation.breadcrumb.admin')</a></li>
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="{{ route('comments.index') }}">@lang('navigation.breadcrumb.comments')</a></li>
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item active">@lang('navigation.breadcrumb.delete_comments')</li>
+@endsection
+
+@section('content')
+    <div class="container">
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-md-8 ml-md-auto mr-md-auto">
+                <div class="card bg-danger">
+                    <div class="card-header text-white">@yield('title')</div>
+                    <div class="card-body bg-light">
+                        <p>@lang('admin.delete_comments_confirm', ['number' => $comment_count])</p>
+
+                        <p class="text-danger"><b>@lang('admin.delete_comments_warning')</b></p>
+
+                        <div class="text-right">
+                            <form action="{{ route('comments.applyBulkAction') }}" method="post">
+                                {{ csrf_field() }}
+                                <input type="hidden" name="bulk_delete" value="1" />
+                                @foreach ($comment_ids as $comment_id)
+                                    <input type="hidden" name="comment_ids[]" value="{{ $comment_id }}" />
+                                @endforeach
+
+                                <a href="{{ route('comments.index') }}" class="btn btn-link">@lang('forms.cancel_action')</a>
+                                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-trash"></i> @lang('forms.delete_action')</button>
+                            </form>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+@endsection

resources/views/themes/base/admin/delete_comment.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+@extends(Theme::viewName('layout'))
+@section('title', trans('admin.delete_comment', ['author_name' => $comment->authorDisplayName()]))
+
+@section('breadcrumb')
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="{{ route('home') }}"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-home"></i></a></li>
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="{{ route('admin') }}">@lang('navigation.breadcrumb.admin')</a></li>
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item"><a href="{{ route('comments.index') }}">@lang('navigation.breadcrumb.comments')</a></li>
+    <li class="breadcrumb-item active">@lang('navigation.breadcrumb.delete_comment')</li>
+@endsection
+
+@section('content')
+    <div class="container">
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-md-8 ml-md-auto mr-md-auto">
+                <div class="card bg-danger">
+                    <div class="card-header text-white">@yield('title')</div>
+                    <div class="card-body bg-light">
+                        <p>@lang('admin.delete_comment_confirm', ['author_name' => $comment->authorDisplayName()])</p>
+
+                        {!! $comment->textAsHtml() !!}
+
+                        <p class="text-danger"><b>@lang('admin.delete_comment_warning')</b></p>
+
+                        <div class="text-right">
+                            <form action="{{ route('comments.destroy', [$comment->id]) }}" method="post">
+                                {{ csrf_field() }}
+                                {{ method_field('DELETE') }}
+                                <a href="{{ route('comments.index') }}" class="btn btn-link">@lang('forms.cancel_action')</a>
+                                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-trash"></i> @lang('forms.delete_action')</button>
+                            </form>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+@endsection

resources/views/themes/base/admin/list_comments.blade.php

@@ -16,34 +16,52 @@
                     <i class="fa fa-fw fa-info"></i> @lang('admin.list_comments_intro')
                 </div>
 
+                <form action="{{ url()->current() }}" method="get" class="form-inline">
+                    <label for="comment-filter-status" class="mr-2 mb-3">@lang('forms.filter_comments_status_label')</label>
+                    <select class="form-control mb-3 mr-2 custom-select" name="status" id="comment-filter-status">
+                        <option value="all"{{ $filter_status == 'all' ? ' selected="selected"' : '' }}>@lang('admin.list_comments_status.all')</option>
+                        <option value="pending"{{ $filter_status == 'pending' ? ' selected="selected"' : '' }}>@lang('admin.list_comments_status.pending')</option>
+                        <option value="approved"{{ $filter_status == 'approved' ? ' selected="selected"' : '' }}>@lang('admin.list_comments_status.approved')</option>
+                        <option value="rejected"{{ $filter_status == 'rejected' ? ' selected="selected"' : '' }}>@lang('admin.list_comments_status.rejected')</option>
+                    </select>
+                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary mb-3">@lang('forms.apply_action')</button>
+                </form>
+
                 @if (count($comments) == 0)
-                    <div class="text-center">
+                    <div class="text-center mt-4">
-                        <h4 class="text-danger"><b>@lang('admin.no_comments_title')</b></h4>
+                        <h4 class="text-danger mb-3"><b>@lang('admin.no_comments_title')</b></h4>
-                        <p>@lang('admin.no_comments_text')</p>
+                        <p class="mb-1">@lang('admin.no_comments_text')</p>
-                        <p style="margin-top: 40px;">
+                        <p>@lang('admin.no_comments_text_2')</p>
-                            <a href="{{ route('comments.create') }}" class="btn btn-lg btn-success">@lang('admin.create_comment')</a>
-                        </p>
                     </div>
                 @else
-                    <table class="table table-hover table-striped">
+                    <form action="{{ route('comments.bulkAction') }}" method="post">
-                        <tbody>
+                        {{ csrf_field() }}
-                        @foreach ($comments as $comment)
+                        <table class="table table-hover table-striped">
-                            <tr>
+                            <tbody>
-                                <td class="text-center" style="width: 40px;"><input type="checkbox" name="comment_id" value="{{ $comment->id }}" /></td>
+                            @foreach ($comments as $comment)
-                                <td>
+                                <tr>
-                                    <p>
+                                    <td class="text-center" style="width: 40px;">
-                                        <a href="{{ route('comments.edit', ['id' => $comment->id]) }}"><span style="font-size: 1.3em;">{{ $comment->name }}</span></a><br/>
+                                        <input type="checkbox" name="comment_ids[]" value="{{ $comment->id }}" />
-                                        <span class="text-muted" style="font-size: smaller;">{{ trans('admin.comment_summary', ['album_name' => $comment->photo->album->name, 'photo_name' => $comment->photo->name, 'comment_date' => date(UserConfig::get('date_format'), strtotime($comment->created_at))])  }}</span>
+                                    </td>
-                                    </p>
+                                    <td>
-                                    <blockquote>{!! $comment->textAsHtml() !!}</blockquote>
+                                        <p>
-                                </td>
+                                            <a href="{{ route('comments.edit', ['id' => $comment->id]) }}"><span style="font-size: 1.3em;">{{ $comment->name }}</span></a><br/>
-                                <td class="text-right">
+                                            <span class="text-muted" style="font-size: smaller;">{{ trans('admin.comment_summary', ['album_name' => $comment->photo->album->name, 'photo_name' => $comment->photo->name, 'comment_date' => date(UserConfig::get('date_format'), strtotime($comment->created_at))])  }}</span>
-                                    <a href="{{ route('comments.delete', ['id' => $comment->id]) }}" class="btn btn-danger">@lang('forms.delete_action')</a>
+                                        </p>
-                                </td>
+                                        <blockquote>{!! $comment->textAsHtml() !!}</blockquote>
-                            </tr>
+                                    </td>
-                        @endforeach
+                                    <td class="text-right">
-                        </tbody>
+                                        <a href="{{ route('comments.delete', ['id' => $comment->id]) }}" class="btn btn-danger">@lang('forms.delete_action')</a>
-                    </table>
+                                    </td>
+                                </tr>
+                            @endforeach
+                            </tbody>
+                        </table>
+
+                        <div class="btn-group mb-4" role="group">
+                            <button type="submit" name="bulk_delete" class="btn btn-danger">@lang('forms.delete_selected_action')</button>
+                        </div>
+                    </form>
 
                     <div class="text-center">
                         {{ $comments->links() }}

routes/web.php

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ Route::group(['prefix' => 'admin'], function () {
 
     // Comments management
     Route::get('comments/{id}/delete', 'Admin\PhotoCommentController@delete')->name('comments.delete');
+    Route::post('comments/bulk-action', 'Admin\PhotoCommentController@bulkAction')->name('comments.bulkAction');
+    Route::post('comments/apply-bulk-action', 'Admin\PhotoCommentController@applyBulkAction')->name('comments.applyBulkAction');
     Route::resource('comments', 'Admin\PhotoCommentController');
 });