Show Only Verified Comments in Laravel 9

Learn how to filter comments to display only verified ones in your Laravel 9 application, ensuring users see content approved by admins.
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Filtering Comments in Laravel 9: How to Display Only Verified Comments

In building web applications, managing user input, especially comments, is crucial for maintaining content quality. If you're using Laravel 9 for your comment bank application, you might encounter a requirement: show only verified comments to users. This is essential for maintaining a trustworthy interaction space where users only see approved comments.

In this article, we'll walk through the steps to filter out unverified comments from your application, ensuring a seamless experience for your users.

Understanding the Scenario

When users submit comments, they may require admin verification before being visible to all. In your database, you have set up a verified_status column where:

verified_status = 1 indicates that the comment has been approved.

verified_status = 0 means it's still pending approval.

Your goal is simple: pull and display only comments with verified_status = 1.

Solution Overview

To achieve this, you need to adjust the method responsible for fetching comments in your CommentController. By applying a condition to filter these comments, you can ensure that users only get the verified ones.

Step 1: Updating the fetchCommentUser Method

Navigate to your CommentController. You will modify the existing fetchCommentUser method to include a where clause to filter for verified comments.

Here’s how to do it:

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Breakdown of the Code:

We use the Comment::where() method, which allows us to specify a condition. In this case, we are targeting only those records where verified_status is equal to 1.

The get() method retrieves the filtered collection of comments.

Finally, we return the comments as a JSON response.

Step 2: Testing the Functionality

After implementing the above changes:

Run your Laravel application.

Navigate to the part of your application where users can view comments.

Ensure that only verified comments appear on the user interface.

Step 3: Handling the Frontend

May also need to ensure your frontend is set up properly to display these comments. Ensure the AJAX request and the corresponding HTML table for comments properly handle the incoming JSON data.

Make sure your JavaScript that calls the fetchCommentUser method handles the response correctly and updates the view accordingly.

Sample JavaScript Update:

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Conclusion

By following these simple steps, you've successfully filtered for verified comments in your Laravel 9 application. This ensures that your users engage with quality content that has passed the moderation check. Remember that maintaining a verified comment system not only improves user trust but also enhances the overall user experience. Keep your comments organized and safe!

With just a few lines of code in your controller, you can significantly improve how content is managed in your application. Happy coding!

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