library impersonate

christhompsontldr/impersonate

Allows a user to impersonate another user.

Impersonate

Allow a user to impersonate another user., _(*1)

Installation

Composer

Require this package with composer:, _(*2)

composer require christhompsontldr/impersonate

Service Provider

After updating composer, add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php, _(*3)

Laravel 5.4 or below:

Christhompsontldr\Impersonate\ImpersonateServiceProvider::class,

Laravel 5.5 or above will auto discover the needed service provider.

Setup

This will apply a trait to the user model configured in config/auth.php. setup runs both the add-trait and publish commands., _(*4)

php artisan impersonate:setup

This will run two commands (which can be run independently):, _(*5)

php artisan impersonate:add-trait
php artisan impersonate:publish

publish publishes the config and add-trait applies a trait to the user model., _(*6)

Access Control

You must complete this step, or none of your users will have permission to impersonate., _(*7)

The authorized users that can impersonate and which users they can impersonate is controlled via the trait. This can be overloaded on your user model, _(*8)

In this example, the user model has an is_admin attribute that is being checked., _(*9)

public function canImpersonate($id)
{
    return $this->is_admin ?: false;
}

Or if you are using Laratrust, _(*10)

public function canImpersonate($id)
{
    return $this->hasRole('admin');
}

Issues

Log out will be performed on both the main user and the impersonated user., _(*11)

Source

This package is based off an this example., _(*12)