Laravel comment rating - php

Question

I have simple comment rating logic now.
For example i have following controller :
public function rating_change(Request $request, Comment $comment)
{
if ($request['action'] == 'up') {
$comment->positive_rating = $comment->positive_rating + 1;
} else if ($request['action'] == 'down') {
$comment->negative_rating = $comment->negative_rating + 1;
}
$comment->save();
return ['positive' => $comment->positive_rating, 'negative' => $comment->negative_rating];
}
And the route for that method:
Route::put('/comments_rating/{comment}', function (Comment $comment, Request $request) {
$commentController = new CommentController();
return $commentController->rating_change($request, $comment);
});
Model:
class Comment extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
protected $fillable = [
'body',
'user_id',
'item_id'
];
protected $casts = [
'user_id' => 'integer',
'item_id' => 'integer',
];
public function author()
{
return $this->belongsTo(User::class, 'user_id');
}
public function post()
{
return $this->belongsTo(Items::class, 'id');
}
}
And resource:
return [
'id' => $this->id,
'user_id'=>$this->user_id,
'body'=>$this->body,
//https://github.com/jenssegers/date
'created_at' => Date::parse($this->created_at)->diffForHumans(),
'updated_at' => $this->updated_at->format('Y-m-d H:i'),
'author'=>[
'id'=>$this->author->id,
'name'=>$this->author->name,
],
'rating'=>[
'positive'=>$this->positive_rating,
'negative'=>$this->negative_rating
]
];
The current purpose to prevent change rating by the same user multiple times.(Server side block)
And return the following flag (changed or smth) to frontend.
How should i to do this?
Should i use the separate table and store all user actions to get flag of changed them in all my comments?
Should i use the https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/redis for that purpose or sql is enough?
Maybe there is some built in laravel solutions or libraries?
I use laravel sanctum to authorize.