Laravel Permission Manager is a package that simplifies role and permission management in your Laravel application. It allows you to define roles and permissions, assign permissions to roles, and manage user access throughout your application seamlessly.
Installation
To install the package, you can use Composer:
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composer require spatie/laravel-permission |
Configuration
After installation, publish the configuration file and migration files:
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php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Permission\PermissionServiceProvider" |
This will create a config/permission.php
configuration file, and migration files for creating the necessary tables (roles
, permissions
, and the pivot table).
Running Migrations
Next, run the migrations to create the required tables:
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php artisan migrate |
Usage
- Setting Up Models: You need to add the
HasRoles
trait to your User model to enable role and permission management.
1234567891011namespace App\Models;use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;use Spatie\Permission\Traits\HasRoles;class User extends Authenticatable{use HasRoles;// Your model properties and methods...} - Creating Roles and Permissions: You can create roles and permissions using the following methods:
12345678use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;use Spatie\Permission\Models\Permission;// Create a new roleRole::create(['name' => 'admin']);// Create a new permissionPermission::create(['name' => 'edit articles']); - Assigning Permissions to Roles:
1234$role = Role::findByName('admin');$permission = Permission::findByName('edit articles');$role->givePermissionTo($permission); - Assigning Roles to Users:
12$user = User::find(1);$user->assignRole('admin'); - Checking Permissions: You can check if a user has a specific role or permission:
1234567if ($user->hasRole('admin')) {// The user is an admin}if ($user->can('edit articles')) {// The user has permission to edit articles}
Example Output
Here’s how you can visualize roles and permissions:
- Creating Roles and Permissions:
12Role::create(['name' => 'editor']);Permission::create(['name' => 'publish articles']); - Assigning Permissions to a Role:
12$editorRole = Role::findByName('editor');$editorRole->givePermissionTo('publish articles'); - Assigning Role to a User:
php
12$user = User::find(2);$user->assignRole('editor'); - Checking User Permissions:
php
1234567if ($user->hasRole('editor')) {// User has the 'editor' role}if ($user->can('publish articles')) {// User has permission to publish articles}
Customizing Models
If you want to customize the names of the roles and permissions tables or change the model used for roles and permissions, you can do this in the config/permission.php
file.
Conclusion
The Laravel Permission Manager package by Spatie is a powerful tool for managing user roles and permissions in Laravel applications. It provides a simple and elegant API to assign roles, permissions, and check user access, making it easy to implement role-based access control in your application.