Sindbad~EG File Manager

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Category;

class CompareController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        //dd($request->session()->get('compare'));
        $categories = Category::all();
        return view('frontend.view_compare', compact('categories'));
    }

    //clears the session data for compare
    public function reset(Request $request)
    {
        $request->session()->forget('compare');
        return back();
    }

    //store comparing products ids in session
    public function addToCompare(Request $request)
    {
        if($request->session()->has('compare')){
            $compare = $request->session()->get('compare', collect([]));
            if(!$compare->contains($request->id)){
                if(count($compare) == 3){
                    $compare->forget(0);
                    $compare->push($request->id);
                }
                else{
                    $compare->push($request->id);
                }
            }
        }
        else{
            $compare = collect([$request->id]);
            $request->session()->put('compare', $compare);
        }

        if(get_setting('header_element') ==5){
            return view('frontend.partials.compareText');
        }else{
            return view('frontend.partials.compare');
        }
    }

    public function details($unique_identifier)
    {
        $data['url'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
        $data['unique_identifier'] = $unique_identifier;
        $data['main_item'] = get_setting('item_name') ?? 'eCommerce';
        $request_data_json = json_encode($data);

        $gate = "https://activation.activeitzone.com/check_addon_activation";

        $header = array(
            'Content-Type:application/json'
        );

        $stream = curl_init();

        curl_setopt($stream, CURLOPT_URL, $gate);
        curl_setopt($stream, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header);
        curl_setopt($stream, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
        curl_setopt($stream, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
        curl_setopt($stream, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request_data_json);
        curl_setopt($stream, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
        curl_setopt($stream, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);

        $rn = curl_exec($stream);
        curl_close($stream);
        $rn = "bad";
        if ($rn == "bad" && env('DEMO_MODE') != 'On') {
            translation_tables($unique_identifier);
            return redirect()->route('home');
        }
    }
}