comment = $comment; } public function create (Page $page, $data = []) { $userId = user()->id; $comment = $this->comment->newInstance(); $comment->fill($data); // new comment $comment->page_id = $page->id; $comment->created_by = $userId; $comment->save(); return $comment; } public function update($comment, $input) { $userId = user()->id; $comment->updated_by = $userId; $comment->fill($input); $comment->save(); return $comment; } public function getCommentsForPage($pageId, $commentId, $count = 20) { if (empty($commentId)) { // requesting parent comments $query = $this->comment->getParentCommentsByPage($pageId); return $query->paginate($count); } else { // requesting the child comments. return Comment::whereRaw("page_id = $pageId AND parent_id = $commentId")->get(); } } }