Scopes

• Trait
• Models
  • Post Model
  • Comment Model
• Controllers
  • Post Controller
  • Comment Controller

Trait

namespace App\Traits;

trait RecentRecords {

    public function scopeRecent($query)
    {
        return $query->where($this->getTable() . '.created_at', '>', now()->subDays(7));
    }
}

Models

Post Model

use App\Traits\RecentRecords;

class Post extends Model
{
    use RecentRecords;   
    
   // ...
}

Comment Model

use App\Traits\RecentRecords;

class Comment extends Model
{
    use RecentRecords;   
    
   // ...
}

Controllers

Post Controller

class PostController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $posts = Post::recent()->get();
        
        return view('posts', compact('posts'));
    }
}

Comment Controller

class CommentController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $comments = Comment::recent()->get();
        
        return view('comments', compact('comments'));
    }
}