junaidnasir/globalsettings

Laravel global settings, set/get global settings for your app

Laravel Global Settings

Global Settings package for laravel, to quickly retrieve and store settings data in DB., _(*1)

Installation

Begin by installing the package through Composer. Run the following command in your terminal:, _(*2)

composer require junaidnasir/globalsettings

add the package service provider in the providers array in config/app.php:, _(*3)

Junaidnasir\GlobalSettings\GlobalSettingsServiceProvider::class

you may add the facade access in the aliases array:, _(*4)

'GlobalSettings'  => Junaidnasir\GlobalSettings\Facades\GlobalSettings::class

publish the migration and config file:, _(*5)

php artisan vendor:publish"

migrate to create global_settings table, _(*6)

php artisan migrate

Usage

You can use facade accessor to retrieve the package controller. Examples:, _(*7)

GlobalSettings::set('allowUserSignUp',0);
GlobalSettings::set('userPostLimit',10);

// Get registration
if( GlobalSettings::get('allowUserSignUp'))
{
    //show form
}

// Post controller
if (count($user->post) >= GlobalSettings::get('userPostLimit'))
{
    // Can not create post limit reached
}

API

/* Set or update setting
*  $isActive is additional parameter 
*  to quickly disable a setting without
*  having to delete the setting
*/
set($Setting, $Value, $isActive = true);

/* Get Settings
*  return value of setting
*  or default value provided
*/
get($Setting, $default = null);

/* check if setting exists 
* return true if setting exists
* false otherwise
*/
has($Setting);

// Other Methods
update($setting, $value, $isActive);

isActive($setting);
activate($setting);
deactivate($setting);
delete($setting);