Laravel Likeable Plugin
Trait for Laravel Eloquent models to allow easy implementation of a "like" or "favorite" or "remember" feature.
Composer Install
composer require rtconner/laravel-likeable
Then run the migrations
php artisan migrate
Setup your models
class Article extends \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model {
use \Conner\Likeable\Likeable;
}
Sample Usage
$article->like(); // like the article for current user
$article->like($myUserId); // pass in your own user id
$article->like(0); // just add likes to the count, and don't track by user
$article->unlike(); // remove like from the article
$article->unlike($myUserId); // pass in your own user id
$article->unlike(0); // remove likes from the count -- does not check for user
$article->likeCount; // get count of likes
$article->likes; // Iterable Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection of existing likes
$article->liked(); // check if currently logged in user liked the article
$article->liked($myUserId);
Article::whereLikedBy($myUserId) // find only articles where user liked them
->with('likeCounter') // highly suggested to allow eager load
->get();
Credits
- Robert Conner - http://smartersoftware.net