Laravel Draftable

Production-ready drafts, versioning, and publication flow for any Eloquent model

A comprehensive package for managing content lifecycle with enterprise-grade quality

🚀 Overview

Laravel Draftable is a production-ready package that adds comprehensive drafts, versioning, and publication workflows to any Eloquent model in Laravel. Perfect for content management systems, blog platforms, documentation sites, e-commerce products, and any application where you need reliable content lifecycle management with version control capabilities.

✨ Key Features

• 📝 Draft System - Save changes without publishing immediately
• 🕒 Version History - Complete tracking of all changes over time
• 🔍 Version Comparison - Detailed diff analysis between any versions
• ⏪ Version Restoration - Restore to any previous version instantly
• 🚀 Flexible Publishing - Manual or automatic publication workflows
• 🗄️ Storage Strategies - Same table or separate drafts table support
• 👁️ Draft Preview - Preview changes without making them live
• 🔒 Access Control - Full Laravel policies integration
• 📊 Performance Optimized - Optimized database queries and indexes
• 🎨 Artisan Commands - Complete CLI management suite
• 🧪 Test Coverage - 128/128 tests passing with 93.6% coverage
• ⚡ Events System - Laravel events for draft lifecycle
• 🛡️ Production Ready - Zero static analysis errors (PHPStan level 5)

� Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require grazulex/laravel-draftable

💡 Auto-Discovery: The service provider will be automatically registered thanks to Laravel's package auto-discovery.

⚡ Quick Start

use Grazulex\LaravelDraftable\Traits\HasDrafts;

// Add to your model
class Post extends Model
{
    use HasDrafts;
    
    protected $fillable = ['title', 'content', 'status'];
}

// Create and manage drafts
$post = Post::create(['title' => 'My First Post']);

// Make changes and save as draft
$post->title = 'Updated Title';
$post->content = 'Draft content here...';
$post->saveDraft();

// Publish when ready
$post->publishDraft();

// View version history
$versions = $post->drafts;

// Compare versions using the service
$draftDiff = app(\Grazulex\LaravelDraftable\Services\DraftDiff::class);
$diff = $draftDiff->compare($version1, $version2);

// Restore previous version
$post->restoreVersion(2);

🔧 Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11.0+

� Complete Documentation

For comprehensive documentation, examples, and advanced usage guides, visit our Wiki:

📖 👉 Laravel Draftable Wiki

The wiki includes:

• 🏠 Home
• 📚 Getting Started Guide
• 🔧 Installation & Configuration
• 🎯 Core Concepts
• 💡 Examples & Use Cases
• 🎨 Artisan Commands
• 📋 API Reference
• 📝 Changelog

🎨 Artisan Commands

Laravel Draftable includes powerful CLI commands for draft management:

# List all drafts with filtering options
php artisan draftable:list --model=Post --unpublished --limit=20

# Compare two specific versions of a model
php artisan draftable:diff Post 1 1 2 --format=json

# Clean up old drafts with safety checks
php artisan draftable:clear-old --days=30 --dry-run

🔍 Advanced Features

Version Comparison

use Grazulex\LaravelDraftable\Services\DraftDiff;

$draftDiff = app(DraftDiff::class);
$differences = $draftDiff->compare($draft1, $draft2);

// Example output:
[
    'title' => [
        'type' => 'modified',
        'old' => 'Original Title',
        'new' => 'Updated Title'
    ],
    'content' => [
        'type' => 'added',
        'old' => null,
        'new' => 'New content here'
    ]
]

Events Integration

use Grazulex\LaravelDraftable\Events\{DraftCreated, DraftPublished, VersionRestored};

// Listen for draft events
Event::listen(DraftCreated::class, function ($event) {
    // Handle draft creation
});

Event::listen(DraftPublished::class, function ($event) {
    // Handle draft publication
});

Event::listen(VersionRestored::class, function ($event) {
    // Handle version restoration
});

Database Migration

The package includes an optimized migration:

Schema::create('drafts', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->id();
    $table->morphs('draftable');
    $table->json('payload');
    $table->unsignedBigInteger('version')->default(1);
    $table->foreignId('created_by')->nullable()->constrained('users');
    $table->timestamp('published_at')->nullable();
    $table->timestamps();

    // Performance indexes
    $table->index(['draftable_type', 'draftable_id']);
    $table->index('published_at');
    $table->index('version');
});

📊 Quality Metrics

Laravel Draftable maintains exceptional quality standards:

• ✅ 128/128 tests passing (100% success rate)
• ✅ 93.6% code coverage (enterprise grade)
• ✅ PHPStan level 5 (zero static analysis errors)
• ✅ PSR-12 compliant (Laravel Pint)
• ✅ SOLID principles (clean architecture)
• ✅ Production ready (zero known issues)

🎯 Use Cases

Perfect for:

• Content Management Systems - Blog posts, articles, pages
• E-commerce Platforms - Product descriptions, specifications
• Documentation Sites - Version-controlled documentation
• Marketing Campaigns - Draft and schedule content releases
• User-Generated Content - Moderation workflows with drafts
• API Content - Versioned API documentation and responses

🔮 Roadmap

Future enhancements planned:

• 🔗 Webhook Integration - HTTP notifications on publish events
• 🎯 Git-style Delta Storage - Space-efficient version storage
• 🔄 Approval Workflows - Multi-step moderation processes
• 📱 API Endpoints - RESTful API for external integrations
• 🌍 Multi-language Support - Internationalization features

🤝 Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

🔒 Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email jms@grazulex.be instead of using the issue tracker.

📝 Changelog

Please see RELEASES.md for more information on what has changed recently.

📄 License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

👥 Credits

• Jean-Marc Strauven
• All Contributors

💬 Support

• 🐛 Report Issues
• 💬 Discussions
• 📖 Documentation