Made Profile & Account Settings functional

Also moved redundant HTML markup to component file for reuse.
Username to UUID converter also added as Middleware

app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php

@@ -2,15 +2,81 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
+use App\Http\Requests\ProfileSave;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use App\Profile;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class ProfileController extends Controller
 {
-
-    public function index()
+    public function showProfile()
     {
 
-        return view('dashboard.user.profile.userprofile');
+        $socialMediaProfiles = json_decode(Auth::user()->profile->socialLinks, true);
+
+        return view('dashboard.user.profile.userprofile')
+            ->with([
+                'profile' => Auth::user()->profile,
+                'github' => $socialMediaProfiles['links']['github'] ?? 'UpdateMe',
+                'twitter' => $socialMediaProfiles['links']['twitter'] ?? 'UpdateMe',
+                'insta' => $socialMediaProfiles['links']['insta'] ?? 'UpdateMe',
+                'discord' => $socialMediaProfiles['links']['discord'] ?? 'UpdateMe#12345',
+            ]);
+
+    }
+
+    public function saveProfile(ProfileSave $request)
+    {
+        // TODO: Implement profile security policy for logged in users
+
+        $profile = Profile::find(Auth::user()->id);
+        $social = [];
+
+        if (!is_null($profile))
+        {
+            switch ($request->avatarPref)
+            {
+                case 'MOJANG':
+                    $avatarPref = 'crafatar';
+
+                    break;
+                case 'GRAVATAR':
+                    $avatarPref = strtolower($request->avatarPref);
+
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            $social['links']['github'] = $request->socialGithub;
+            $social['links']['twitter'] = $request->socialTwitter;
+            $social['links']['insta'] = $request->socialInsta;
+            $social['links']['discord'] = $request->socialDiscord;
+
+            $profile->profileShortBio = $request->shortBio;
+            $profile->profileAboutMe = $request->aboutMe;
+            $profile->avatarPreference = $avatarPref;
+            $profile->socialLinks = json_encode($social);
+
+            $profile->save();
+
+            $request->session()->flash('success', 'Profile settings saved successfully.');
+
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            $gm = 'Guru Meditation #' . rand(0, 1000);
+            Log::alert('[GURU MEDITATION]: Could not find profile for authenticated user ' . Auth::user()->name . 'whilst trying to update it! Please verify that profiles are being created automatically during signup.',
+            [
+                'uuid' => Auth::user()->uuid,
+                'timestamp' => now(),
+                'route' => $request->route()->getName(),
+                'gmcode' => $gm // If this error is reported, the GM code, denoting a severe error, will help us find this entry in the logs
+
+            ]);
+            $request->session()->flash('error', 'A technical error has occurred whilst trying to save your profile. Incident details have been recorded. Please report this incident to administrators with the following case number:  ' . $gm);
+        }
+
+        return redirect()->back();
 
     }