Allow hiding IP addresses

This commit introduces a new feature where users can disable the collection and display of IP addresses. It's hardcoded in the .env config file for security reasons, and demo mode ignores this setting, because it already hides IPs by default.

app/CustomFacades/IP.php

@@ -23,9 +23,38 @@ namespace App\CustomFacades;
 
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class IP
 {
+    // Central source of truth for all operations that deal with IP addresses.
+    // For views, this is in a service provider, and is shared with all of them
+    /**
+     * Determines whether you should collect/display IP addresses in the app.
+     * @return bool Whether you should collect/display IPs, in the context in which this is called
+     */
+    public function shouldCollect(): bool
+    {
+        // should collect or display IPs?
+
+        // demo mode = true
+        // hide ips = false
+
+        if (config('demo.is_enabled') || config('app.hide_ips'))
+        {
+            Log::debug('Global shouldCollect: ', [
+                'shouldCollect' => false
+            ]);
+            return false; // do not collect!
+        }
+
+        Log::debug('Global shouldCollect: ', [
+            'shouldCollect' => true
+        ]);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Looks up information on a specified IP address. Caches results automatically.
      * @param string $IP IP address to lookup
@@ -38,14 +67,16 @@ class IP
             'ip' => $IP,
         ];
 
+        if ($this->shouldCollect()) {
+
 
-        if (!config('demo.is_enabled')) {
             return json_decode(Cache::remember($IP, 3600, function () use ($IP) {
                 return Http::get(config('general.urls.ipapi.ipcheck'), [
                     'apiKey' => config('general.keys.ipapi.apikey'),
                     'ip' => $IP,
                 ])->body();
             }));
+
         }
 
         return new class {