Setup throttle control for threads

Author: driesvints

app/Lio/Accounts/User.php

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Lio\Accounts;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableTrait;
 use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
@@ -130,6 +131,17 @@ public function getLatestRepliesPaginated($max = 5)
         return $this->forumReplies()->with('thread')->paginate($max);
     }
 
+    public function hasCreatedAThreadRecently()
+    {
+        $thread = $this->forumThreads()->first();
+
+        if ($thread) {
+            return $thread->created_at->gte(new Carbon('10 minutes ago'));
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the presenter class.
      *

app/controllers/Forum/ForumThreadsController.php

@@ -73,16 +73,25 @@ public function getShowThread($threadSlug)
     // create a thread
     public function getCreateThread()
     {
+        $this->createSections(Input::get('tags'));
+
+        if (Auth::user()->hasCreatedAThreadRecently()) {
+            return $this->view('forum.threads.throttle');
+        }
+
         $tags = $this->tags->getAllForForum();
         $versions = $this->threads->getNew()->getLaravelVersions();
-        $this->createSections(Input::get('tags'));
 
         $this->title = "Create Forum Thread";
         $this->view('forum.threads.create', compact('tags', 'versions'));
     }
 
     public function postCreateThread()
     {
+        if (Auth::user()->hasCreatedAThreadRecently()) {
+            return Redirect::action('ForumThreadsController@getCreateThread');
+        }
+
         return $this->threadCreator->create($this, [
             'subject' => Input::get('subject'),
             'body' => Input::get('body'),

app/views/forum/threads/throttle.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+@extends('layouts._two_columns_left_sidebar')
+
+@section('sidebar')
+    @include('forum._sidebar')
+@stop
+
+@section('content')
+    <div class="header">
+        <h1>Create Thread</h1>
+    </div>
+
+    <section class="padding">
+        <p>Woha, slow down! You can only create a thread every 10 minutes. Please try again in a few minutes.</p>
+        <p><a href="{{ action('ForumThreadsController@getIndex') }}">Back to forums.</a></p>
+    </section>
+@stop