A User Follow Package for Laravel 5

Add a user following system like Twitter, Quora or any other social network that allows you to follow another user and have users follow you.

Install

You can install the package via composer:

$ composer require jeroenherczeg/dog

Next, you must install the service provider:

// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    ...
    Jeroenherczeg\Dog\FollowServiceProvider::class,
];

You can publish the migration with:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Jeroenherczeg\Dog\FollowServiceProvider"

After the migration has been published you can create the followers table by running the migrations:

php artisan migrate

Add the followable trait to the User model

use Jeroenherczeg\Dog\Followable;

class User extends Model
{
    use Followable;
    ...

Usage

// Follow User
$user->follow(1)
$user->follow([1,2,3,4])

// Unfollow User
$user->unfollow(1)
$user->unfollow([1,2,3,4])

// Get Followers
$user->followers()

// Get Followings
$user->followings()

// Check if Follow
$user->isFollowing(1)

// Check if Followed By
$user->isFollowedBy(1)

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING and CONDUCT for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email jeroen@herczeg.be instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Jeroen Herczeg
• Initialy forked from Mohammed Isa
• All Contributors

License

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

Why Dog?

Your dog follows you because it's highly social - has a powerful emotional need for companionship - and knows that you are super-cool. You are the source of all good things in its life: food, walks, rides, treats, toys. Who knows what amazing thing will happen wherever you're going?