reconstruction of the project

app/Models/IpAttempt.php

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use App\Models\BaseModel;
 class IpAttempt extends BaseModel
 {
     protected $table = 'ip_attempts';
-    protected $primaryKey = 'id';
+
+    // ✅ CI: useTimestamps = true (created_at/updated_at)
+    public $timestamps = true;
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'ip_address',
         'attempts',
@@ -19,34 +22,39 @@ class IpAttempt extends BaseModel
         'semester',
     ];
 
-    // Automatically handle timestamps
-    public $timestamps = true;
-    const CREATED_AT = 'created_at';
-    const UPDATED_AT = 'updated_at';
-
-    // Validation rules
-    protected $validationRules = [
-        'ip_address' => 'required|valid_ip|max_length[45]',
-        'attempts'   => 'required|integer',
-        'last_attempt_at' => 'required|valid_date',
-        'blocked_until' => 'permit_empty|valid_date'
+    protected $casts = [
+        'attempts'        => 'integer',
+        'last_attempt_at' => 'datetime',
+        'blocked_until'   => 'datetime',
     ];
 
-    // Method to get IP attempt data by IP address
-    public function getAttemptByIp($ip)
+    /**
+     * Equivalent of CI getAttemptByIp()
+     */
+    public static function getAttemptByIp(string $ip): ?self
     {
-        return $this->where('ip_address', $ip)->first();
+        return static::query()
+            ->where('ip_address', $ip)
+            ->first();
     }
 
-    // Method to update the IP attempt data
-    public function updateIpAttempt($ip, $data)
+    /**
+     * Equivalent of CI updateIpAttempt()
+     */
+    public static function updateIpAttempt(string $ip, array $data): bool
     {
-        return $this->where('ip_address', $ip)->set($data)->update();
+        return static::query()
+            ->where('ip_address', $ip)
+            ->update($data) >= 0;
     }
 
-    // Method to insert new IP attempt data
-    public function insertIpAttempt($data)
+    /**
+     * Equivalent of CI insertIpAttempt()
+     * Returns inserted id.
+     */
+    public static function insertIpAttempt(array $data): int
     {
-        return $this->insert($data);
+        $row = static::query()->create($data);
+        return (int) $row->id;
     }
 }