Prevent users from creating more than 5 forum threads per day #1161

app/Http/Controllers/Forum/ThreadsController.php

@@ -81,8 +81,14 @@ public function show(Thread $thread)
         return view('forum.threads.show', compact('thread', 'moderators'));
     }
 
-    public function create(): View
+    public function create(): RedirectResponse|View
     {
+        if (Auth::user()->hasTooManyThreadsToday()) {
+            $this->error('You can only post a maximum of 5 threads per day.');
+
+            return redirect()->route('forum');
+        }
+
         $tags = Tag::all();
         $selectedTags = old('tags') ?: [];
 
@@ -91,6 +97,12 @@ public function create(): View
 
     public function store(ThreadRequest $request): RedirectResponse
     {
+        if (Auth::user()->hasTooManyThreadsToday()) {
+            $this->error('You can only post a maximum of 5 threads per day.');
+
+            return redirect()->route('forum');
+        }
+
         $this->dispatchSync(CreateThread::fromRequest($request, $uuid = Str::uuid()));
 
         $thread = Thread::findByUuidOrFail($uuid);

app/Models/User.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use App\Concerns\HasTimestamps;
 use App\Concerns\PreparesSearch;
 use App\Enums\NotificationType;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
@@ -196,6 +197,20 @@ public function countThreads(): int
         return $this->threadsRelation()->count();
     }
 
+    public function countThreadsFromToday(): int
+    {
+        $today = Carbon::today();
+
+        return $this->threadsRelation()
+            ->whereBetween('created_at', [$today, $today->copy()->endOfDay()])
+            ->count();
+    }
+
+    public function hasTooManyThreadsToday(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->countThreadsFromToday() >= 5;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
      */

tests/Feature/ForumTest.php

@@ -83,6 +83,22 @@
         ->assertSessionHas('success', 'Thread successfully created!');
 });
 
+test('users cannot create more than 5 threads per day', function () {
+    $tag = Tag::factory()->create(['name' => 'Test Tag']);
+
+    $user = $this->login();
+
+    Thread::factory()->count(5)->create(['author_id' => $user->id(), 'created_at' => now()]);
+
+    $this->post('/forum/create-thread', [
+        'subject' => 'How to work with Eloquent?',
+        'body' => 'This text explains how to work with Eloquent.',
+        'tags' => [$tag->id()],
+    ])
+        ->assertRedirect('/forum')
+        ->assertSessionHas('error', 'You can only post a maximum of 5 threads per day.');
+})->only();
+
 test('users can edit a thread', function () {
     $user = $this->createUser();
     $tag = Tag::factory()->create(['name' => 'Test Tag']);