Filament Poll

A FilamentPHP v5 plugin for creating and managing interactive polls with Livewire-powered components.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Quick Start
• Installation
• Configuration
• Usage
• Events
• Testing
• Security
• Accessibility
• License

Features

• Easy Management - Create and manage polls through Filament admin panel
• Flexible Voting - Single or multiple choice polls
• Guest Support - Optional guest voting with session tracking
• Real-time Updates - Live vote counting with configurable polling intervals
• Rich Display - Results with percentages and progress bars
• Scheduled Closing - Set poll closing dates
• Interactive UI - Livewire-powered voting experience
• Simple Integration - Blade component for easy frontend use
• Event System - Listen to poll lifecycle events
• Accessible - WCAG 2.1 AA compliant

Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Laravel 11.x or 12.x
• FilamentPHP 5.x

Quick Start

composer require caresome/filament-poll
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="filament-poll-migrations"
php artisan migrate

Register the plugin in your panel provider:

use Caresome\FilamentPoll\PollPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        ->plugins([
            PollPlugin::make(),
        ]);
}

Display a poll on your frontend:

<x-caresome::filament-poll :poll-id="1" />

Installation

Step 1: Install Package

composer require caresome/filament-poll

Step 2: Publish and Run Migrations

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="filament-poll-migrations"
php artisan migrate

Step 3: Optional Publishing

Publish config file (for customizing table names):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="filament-poll-config"

Publish views (for customization):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="filament-poll-views"

Configuration

Basic Setup

Add the plugin to your Filament panel provider:

use Caresome\FilamentPoll\PollPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        ->plugins([
            PollPlugin::make(),
        ]);
}

Configuration Options

The plugin provides chainable methods to customize behavior:

Navigation

PollPlugin::make()
    ->navigationIcon('heroicon-o-chart-bar')
    ->navigationSort(10)

Poll Defaults

PollPlugin::make()
    ->isActiveByDefault(true)
    ->allowGuestVotingByDefault(false)
    ->multipleChoiceByDefault(false)
    ->showResultsBeforeVotingByDefault(false)
    ->showVoteCountByDefault(true)

Limits & Performance

PollPlugin::make()
    ->maxPollOptions(20)
    ->maxOptionTextLength(255)
    ->pollingInterval('5s')

Authentication

PollPlugin::make()
    ->authGuard('admin')

How it works:

• Auto-detects the Filament panel's guard
• Falls back to Laravel's default guard
• Supports multi-guard applications

Example:

PollPlugin::make()
    ->authGuard('admin')

Complete Example

use Caresome\FilamentPoll\PollPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        ->plugins([
            PollPlugin::make()
                ->navigationIcon('heroicon-o-chart-bar')
                ->navigationSort(10)
                ->isActiveByDefault(true)
                ->allowGuestVotingByDefault(false)
                ->multipleChoiceByDefault(false)
                ->showResultsBeforeVotingByDefault(false)
                ->showVoteCountByDefault(true)
                ->maxPollOptions(20)
                ->maxOptionTextLength(255)
                ->pollingInterval('5s')
                ->authGuard('admin'),
        ]);
}

Custom Table Names

Publish the config file and modify table names:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="filament-poll-config"

return [
    'table_names' => [
        'polls' => 'custom_polls',
        'poll_options' => 'custom_poll_options',
        'poll_votes' => 'custom_poll_votes',
    ],
];

Usage

1. Create Polls

Navigate to the Polls resource in your Filament admin panel:

1. Click "New Poll"
2. Enter poll question and options
3. Configure settings (guest voting, multiple choice, etc.)
4. Set closing date (optional)
5. Save and publish

2. Display Polls on Frontend

Using Blade Component (Recommended)

By Poll ID:

<x-caresome::filament-poll :poll-id="1" />

By Poll Model:

<x-caresome::filament-poll :poll="$poll" />

Using Livewire Component

@livewire('caresome::filament-poll', ['poll' => $poll])

3. Passing Polls to Views

In your controller:

use Caresome\FilamentPoll\Models\Poll;

public function index()
{
    $poll = Poll::where('is_active', true)->first();

    return view('welcome', compact('poll'));
}

In your view:

@if($poll)
    <x-caresome::filament-poll :poll="$poll" />
@endif

Events

The package dispatches lifecycle events for custom integrations.

Available Events

Listening to Events

In EventServiceProvider:

use Caresome\FilamentPoll\Events\{PollCreated, PollVoted, PollClosed};

protected $listen = [
    PollCreated::class => [
        SendPollNotification::class,
    ],
    PollVoted::class => [
        TrackAnalytics::class,
    ],
    PollClosed::class => [
        SendResultsSummary::class,
    ],
];

Using Event::listen():

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
use Caresome\FilamentPoll\Events\PollVoted;

Event::listen(PollVoted::class, function (PollVoted $event) {
    $poll = $event->poll;
    $vote = $event->vote;

});

Example Use Cases

• Send notifications when polls are created
• Track voting analytics
• Trigger webhooks on vote events
• Archive closed polls
• Send result summaries to stakeholders

Security Considerations

Overview

The package implements multiple security layers for vote tracking and prevention of abuse.

Vote Tracking Methods

Security Notes

Authenticated Users:

• ✅ One vote per user per poll
• ✅ Database-level enforcement
• ✅ High security

Guest Voting:

• ⚠️ Session + IP tracking (reasonable protection)
• ⚠️ Can vote again if cookies cleared
• ⚠️ VPN users share IPs (but unique sessions prevent conflicts)
• 🔒 Disable for high-security polls: allowGuestVotingByDefault(false)

Performance

The package includes built-in optimizations:

• ✅ Eager loading prevents N+1 queries
• ✅ Database indexes on frequently queried fields
• ✅ Cached vote counting
• ✅ Efficient query constraints

Testing

Run Tests

composer test
composer test-coverage

Using Factories

The package provides factories for testing:

use Caresome\FilamentPoll\Models\{Poll, PollOption, PollVote};

$poll = Poll::factory()->active()->multipleChoice()->create();

$option = PollOption::factory()->forPoll($poll)->create();

$vote = PollVote::factory()->forOption($option)->authenticated(1)->create();
$vote = PollVote::factory()->forOption($option)->guest()->create();

Available Factory States

Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 AA compliant with full accessibility support:

License

The MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE.md for details.