Admin can now control channel creation from the admin dashboard

app/Models/PlatformSetting.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Attributes\Fillable;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+#[Fillable(['channel_creation_open'])]
+class PlatformSetting extends Model
+{
+    protected $attributes = [
+        'channel_creation_open' => false,
+    ];
+
+    public static function current(): self
+    {
+        return static::query()->first() ?? static::query()->create();
+    }
+
+    protected function casts(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'channel_creation_open' => 'boolean',
+        ];
+    }
+}