#12: Added a new table to hold the redirects, and implemented the controller to check this table if an album is not found

app/AlbumRedirect.php

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
+
+class AlbumRedirect extends Model
+{
+    use Notifiable;
+
+    /**
+     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $fillable = ['album_id', 'source_url'];
+
+    /**
+     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $hidden = [];
+}

app/Helpers/DbHelper.php

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ class DbHelper
             ->withCount('photos');
     }
 
+    public static function getAlbumById($albumID)
+    {
+        return Album::where('id', $albumID)->first();
+    }
+
     public static function getAlbumByPath($urlPath)
     {
         return Album::where('url_path', $urlPath)->first();

app/Http/Controllers/Gallery/AlbumController.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Gallery;
 
 use App\Album;
+use App\AlbumRedirect;
 use App\Facade\Theme;
 use App\Facade\UserConfig;
 use App\Helpers\ConfigHelper;
@@ -21,8 +22,18 @@ class AlbumController extends Controller
         $album = DbHelper::getAlbumByPath($albumUrlAlias);
         if (is_null($album))
         {
-            App::abort(404);
-            return null;
+            // Check redirects
+            $redirect = AlbumRedirect::where(DB::raw('\'/a\' + source_url'), $request->path())->first();
+
+            if (is_null($redirect))
+            {
+                // No redirect found either - bail out
+                App::abort(404);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            $album = DbHelper::getAlbumById($redirect->album_id);
+            return redirect($album->url());
         }
 
         $this->authorizeForUser($this->getUser(), 'view', $album);

database/migrations/2017_09_03_084118_create_album_redirects_table.php

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class CreateAlbumRedirectsTable extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::create('album_redirects', function ($table) {
+            $table->increments('id');
+            $table->unsignedInteger('album_id');
+            $table->string('source_url');
+
+            $table->foreign('album_id')
+                ->references('id')->on('albums')
+                ->onDelete('cascade');
+
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('album_redirects');
+    }
+}