prepared and gallery fixes

app/Http/Controllers/Community/ChatController.php

@@ -41,4 +41,40 @@ class ChatController extends Controller
 
         return view('community.chat', compact('page_title', 'adHtml', 'chatHtml', 'smileys'));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Handle legacy AJAX chat posts from old JS.
+     */
+    public function post(Request $request)
+    {
+        $message = $request->input('message') ?? $request->input('chat_txt') ?? null;
+        if (empty($message)) {
+            return response()->json(['ok' => false, 'error' => 'empty_message'], 400);
+        }
+
+        // Ensure legacy $_SESSION keys exist for Chat class (best-effort sync from Laravel session/auth)
+        if (empty($_SESSION['web_login']['user_id'])) {
+            $webLogin = session('web_login');
+            if ($webLogin && isset($webLogin['user_id'])) {
+                $_SESSION['web_login'] = $webLogin;
+            } elseif (auth()->check()) {
+                $user = auth()->user();
+                $_SESSION['web_login'] = [
+                    'user_id' => $user->id,
+                    'username' => $user->username ?? $user->name ?? null,
+                    'status' => true,
+                ];
+            }
+        }
+
+        $chat = new \App\Chat();
+        try {
+            $chat->StoreMessage($message);
+            $chat->UpdateChatFile('cron/chat_log.txt', 50);
+        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+            return response()->json(['ok' => false, 'error' => 'store_failed', 'message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
+        }
+
+        return response()->json(['ok' => true]);
+    }
 }