dutkan/followers

Laravel 4 Basic Follower Package

This Laravel 4 package provides a command. These generator include:, _(*1)

follow:model, _(*2)

Package Inslallation

Begin by installing this package through Composer. Edit your project's composer.json file to require dutkan/followers., _(*3)

"require": {
    "laravel/framework": "4.1.*",
    "dutkan/followers": "dev-develop"
}

Next, update Composer from the Terminal:, _(*4)

composer update

Once this operation completes, the final step is to add the service provider. Open app/config/app.php, and add a new item to the providers array., _(*5)

'Dutkan\Followers\FollowersServiceProvider'

Migrations

You can installing the package' s migration file into your application, by running the follwing command:, _(*6)

php artisan migrate --package="dutkan/followers"

Create Model

That's it! You're all set to go. Run the artisan command from the Terminal to see the new follow:model commands., _(*7)

php artisan follow:model Follow

Configuration

After installing, you can publish the package's configuration file into your application, by running the following command:, _(*8)

php artisan config:publish dutkan/followers

This will publish the config file to app/config/packages/dutkan/followers/config.php where you modify the package configuration., _(*9)

Use

To add the current user's followers, _(*10)

try {

    $follow = Follower::followTo(1);

    return Redirect::to('/');

    } catch (Dutkan\Followers\Exceptions\AuthenticationException $e) {

        return $e->getMessage();

    }

or remove the current user's followers, _(*11)

try {

    $follow = Follower::unfollowFrom(1);

    return Redirect::to('/');

    } catch (Dutkan\Followers\Exceptions\AuthenticationException $e) {

        return $e->getMessage();

    }