Use Laravel framework 8

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminCommentsController.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;
+
+use App\Http\Controllers\BasePageController;
+use App\Models\ReleaseComment;
+
+class AdminCommentsController extends BasePageController
+{
+    /**
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    public function index()
+    {
+        $this->setAdminPrefs();
+
+        $meta_title = $title = 'Comments List';
+
+        $commentsList = ReleaseComment::getCommentsRange();
+        $this->smarty->assign('commentslist', $commentsList);
+
+        $content = $this->smarty->fetch('comments-list.tpl');
+        $this->smarty->assign(compact('title', 'meta_title', 'content'));
+        $this->adminrender();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $id
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector
+     */
+    public function destroy($id)
+    {
+        if ($id) {
+            ReleaseComment::deleteComment($id);
+        }
+
+        return redirect()->back();
+    }
+}