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app/Http/Controllers/ProjectController.php

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public function mass_update(Request $request)
         //   where name = $request->old_name
 
         // Insert Eloquent statement below
+        Project::where('name', $request->old_name)->update(['name' => $request->new_name]);
 
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Projects updated');
     }
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public function destroy($projectId)
         Project::destroy($projectId);
 
         // TASK: change this Eloquent statement to include the soft-deletes records
-        $projects = Project::all();
+        $projects = Project::withTrashed()->get();
 
         return view('projects.index', compact('projects'));
     }

app/Http/Controllers/UserController.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 
 class UserController extends Controller
 {
@@ -15,14 +16,14 @@ public function index()
         //   order by created_at desc
         //   limit 3
 
-        $users = User::all(); // replace this with Eloquent statement
+        $users = User::active()->latest()->limit(3)->get(); // replace this with Eloquent statement
 
         return view('users.index', compact('users'));
     }
 
     public function show($userId)
     {
-        $user = NULL; // TASK: find user by $userId or show "404 not found" page
+        $user = User::findOrFail($userId); // TASK: find user by $userId or show "404 not found" page
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -31,7 +32,11 @@ public function check_create($name, $email)
     {
         // TASK: find a user by $name and $email
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL;
+        $user = User::firstOrCreate([
+            'name'  => $name,
+            'email' => $email,
+            'password'  => fake()->password(8)
+        ]);
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -40,7 +45,12 @@ public function check_update($name, $email)
     {
         // TASK: find a user by $name and update it with $email
         //   if not found, create a user with $name, $email and random password
-        $user = NULL; // updated or created user
+        $user = User::updateOrCreate([
+            'name' => $name
+        ],[
+            'email' => $email,
+            'password'  => fake()->password(8)
+        ]); // updated or created user
 
         return view('users.show', compact('user'));
     }
@@ -52,6 +62,7 @@ public function destroy(Request $request)
         // $request->users is an array of IDs, ex. [1, 2, 3]
 
         // Insert Eloquent statement here
+        User::whereIn('id', $request->users)->delete();
 
         return redirect('/')->with('success', 'Users deleted');
     }

app/Models/Morningnews.php

@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ class Morningnews extends Model
     use HasFactory;
 
     protected $fillable = ['title', 'news_text'];
+
+    protected $table = 'morning_news';
 }

app/Models/Project.php

@@ -9,4 +9,19 @@
 class Project extends Model
 {
     use HasFactory, SoftDeletes;
+
+    protected $guarded = [];
+
+    public static function boot()
+{
+    parent::boot();
+
+    self::creating(function ($model) {
+        Stat::all()->each(function ($stat) {
+            return $stat->update([
+                'projects_count'    => $stat->projects_count + 1
+            ]);
+        });
+    });
+}
 }

app/Models/User.php

@@ -41,4 +41,9 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
     protected $casts = [
         'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
     ];
+
+    public function scopeActive($builder)
+    {
+        return $builder->whereNotNull('email_verified_at');
+    }
 }