Laravel Model Settings

Add settings feature to Eloquent models in Laravel 5.

Background

This has been developed to simplify adding "settings" feature to any eloquent model on your laravel project.

Settings WILL be stored in json format/object! Is json the best way? Well it's your call! pros: super flexible, you can add/remove settings without code alteration (apart from app/config/model-settings.php see below). cons: expensive when querying/searching for certain key => value in settings per model.

settings will be casted into Laravel Collection for maximum functionality and usage.

Installation

To install the package via Composer:

$ composer require yarob/laravel-model-settings

Then, update config/app.php by adding an entry for the service provider.

'providers' => [
    // ...
    Yarob\LaravelModelSettings\ServiceProvider::class,
];

Finally, via terminal, publish the default configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Yarob\LaravelModelSettings\ServiceProvider"

Updating your Eloquent Models

Your models should use the hasSettings trait. You must also add settings to your fillable array as shown in the example below

use Yarob\LaravelModelSettings\HasSettings;

class User extends Model
{
    use hasSettings;
    
    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'email', 'settings'
    ];

}

Migration

Your model MUST have column named settings in the database to store the settings values.

You can add this manually via a migration on the intended model $table->json('settings')->nullable();. The column should be big enough to accommodate all settings after json encoded.

Usage

Better demonstrated in example

$user = App\User::first();

$user->settings()->save(array(
		'address' => 'London',
		'phone_number' => '0123456789'
	    ));
	    
print_r($user->settings);

Configuration

Configuration was made to be as flexible as possible. You can add the allowed settings keys per Model basis.

Global configuration can be set in the app/config/model-settings.php file. By default, phone_number and address settings keys have been added to User model. But feel free to change that.

If a configuration isn't set, then the package defaults from vendor/yarob/laravel-model-settings/resources/config/model-settings.php are used. Here is an example configuration:

return [
    'User' => [
    		'phone_number',
    		'address',
    	],
];

Pay attention that Model name in model-settings.php is case sensitive! so if you have a foo Model, then

return [
    'foo' => [
    		'key1',
    		'key2',
    		...
    	],
    	...
];

Copyright and License

laravel-model-settings was written by Yarob Al-Taay and is released under the MIT License.

Copyright (c) 2017 Yarob Al-Taay