Implemented a sidebar based on user with most posts and comments - laravel

Question

i want to implement a sidebar based on user with most posts and comments in laravel 5.2 app,
i want to show the top 5 users with most posts and comment.
Exemple Like this:
User Name: "Mohcin", Post:30, answer:20
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

User model:
use Authenticatable, CanResetPassword;
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $table = 'users';
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = ['name', 'email', 'password'];
/**
* The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = ['password', 'remember_token'];
public function questions(){
return $this->hasMany('\App\Question');
}
public function answers(){
return $this->hasMany('\App\Answer');
}
Question model: (posts model)
public function User(){
return $this->belongsTo('\App\User');
}
public function answers(){
return $this->hasMany('\App\Answer');
}
public static function your_questions(){
return static::where ('user_id','=',Auth::user()->id)->paginate(50);
}
public static function unsolved(){
return static::where ('solved','=',0)->orderby('id','DESC')->latest()->paginate(50);
}
public static function unsolvedbar(){
return static::where ('solved','=',0)->orderby('id','DESC')->latest()->take(3)->get();;
}
public function category()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Category');
}
public function tags()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Tag');
}

Answer 2

Steps:
Open app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
In this file you have an empty (probably) boot method.
Inside this method, you can create a view composer to pass data for a specific view.
Like this:
//Assuming you want to pass the var to the view: sidebar.blade.php inside resources/views/layout
view()->composer('layout.sidebar', function($view){
$topUsers = User::topUsers(); //Create a query or scope to do this...
//After populate topUsers, you have to pass it to the view using:
$view->with('topUsers', $topUsers);
});
In your view: `resources/views/layout/sidebar.blade.php, you can access the users with a simple $topUsers like this:
foreach($topUsers as $user) {
var_dump($user);
}