Fix timezone to Europe/Amsterdam, fix 500 error on communication and customer pages with bulletproof schema helper, and redesign admin header to compact grouped dropdowns

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/CommunicationController.php

@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Mail\ContactInquiryReplyMail;
 use App\Models\Communication;
 use App\Models\CommunicationReply;
+use App\Services\DatabaseSchemaHelper;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use Illuminate\View\View;
 
 class CommunicationController extends Controller
@@ -22,9 +21,7 @@ class CommunicationController extends Controller
      */
     public function index(Request $request): View
     {
-        if (! Schema::hasTable('communications')) {
-            Artisan::call('migrate', ['--force' => true]);
-        }
+        DatabaseSchemaHelper::ensureCommunicationsTables();
 
         $query = Communication::with(['user', 'order', 'replies'])->latest();
 

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/CustomerController.php

@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Models\Communication;
 use App\Models\Order;
 use App\Models\User;
+use App\Services\DatabaseSchemaHelper;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use Illuminate\View\View;
 
 class CustomerController extends Controller
@@ -19,9 +18,7 @@ class CustomerController extends Controller
      */
     public function index(Request $request): View
     {
-        if (! Schema::hasTable('communications')) {
-            Artisan::call('migrate', ['--force' => true]);
-        }
+        DatabaseSchemaHelper::ensureCommunicationsTables();
 
         $search = trim($request->input('q', ''));
 

app/Http/Controllers/ContactController.php

@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ use App\Mail\ContactInquiryReceivedMail;
 use App\Models\Communication;
 use App\Models\Order;
 use App\Models\Setting;
+use App\Services\DatabaseSchemaHelper;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Mail;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use Illuminate\View\View;
 
 class ContactController extends Controller
@@ -62,13 +61,7 @@ class ContactController extends Controller
             }
         }
 
-        if (! Schema::hasTable('communications')) {
-            Artisan::call('migrate', ['--force' => true]);
-        }
-
-        if (! \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema::hasTable('communications')) {
-            \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan::call('migrate', ['--force' => true]);
-        }
+        DatabaseSchemaHelper::ensureCommunicationsTables();
 
         $communication = Communication::create([
             'user_id' => Auth::id(),

app/Http/Middleware/EnsureUserIsAdmin.php

@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
+use App\Services\DatabaseSchemaHelper;
 use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 
 class EnsureUserIsAdmin
@@ -28,13 +26,7 @@ class EnsureUserIsAdmin
 
         // Auto-migrate check: Ensure that new database tables (like communications) are migrated
         // automatically when an admin enters the admin panel, avoiding 500 errors on Coolify/production.
-        try {
-            if (! Schema::hasTable('communications')) {
-                Artisan::call('migrate', ['--force' => true]);
-            }
-        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-            Log::warning('Auto-migration in EnsureUserIsAdmin failed: '.$e->getMessage());
-        }
+        DatabaseSchemaHelper::ensureCommunicationsTables();
 
         return $next($request);
     }