validate(['registration_id' => 'required|exists:registrations,id']); $comments = Comment::where('registration_id', $request->registration_id) ->orderBy('created_at', 'asc') ->get() ->map(fn($c) => [ 'comment' => $c->comment, 'author' => auth()->user()->name, 'created_at_human' => $c->created_at->diffForHumans(), ]) ->values(); // ← add this return response()->json(['comments' => $comments]); } public function store(Request $request) { $request->validate([ 'registration_id' => 'required|exists:registrations,id', 'comment' => 'required|string|max:1000', ]); Registration::findOrFail($request->registration_id); $comment = Comment::create([ 'registration_id' => $request->registration_id, 'comment' => $request->comment, ]); return response()->json([ 'comment' => [ 'comment' => $comment->comment, 'author' => auth()->user()->name, 'created_at_human' => $comment->created_at->diffForHumans(), ] ]); } }