Laravel Permission Plus

Author: Eslam Faroug

📚 Table of Contents

• 🚀 Introduction
• ✨ Key Features
• 📖 Documentation
• ⚙️ Installation
• 🔧 Core Components
• 🎯 Quick Start Guide
• 📋 Basic Usage Examples
• 🔄 CRUD Operations
• 🌐 Advanced Features
• 🔗 Customization & Integration
• 📝 Contributing
• 📄 License

🚀 Introduction

Laravel Permission Plus is an advanced, flexible, and multilingual package for managing permissions, roles, and groups in Laravel applications. It provides a comprehensive RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) system with support for:

• Multilingual content (JSON columns for Arabic, English, French, etc.)
• Polymorphic relationships (assign to any Eloquent model)
• Group-based access control (organize users into teams)
• High performance (optimized queries and relationships)
• Multi-guard support (web, API, admin, etc.)

Perfect for applications requiring sophisticated access control with internationalization support.

✨ Key Features

📖 Documentation

This package includes comprehensive documentation organized by complexity level:

⚙️ Installation

1. Install Package

composer require eslamfaroug/laravel-permission-plus

2. Publish Configuration

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="EslamFaroug\PermissionPlus\Providers\PermissionServiceProvider" --tag="permission-plus-config"
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="EslamFaroug\PermissionPlus\Providers\PermissionServiceProvider" --tag="permission-plus-migrations"

3. Run Migrations

php artisan migrate

4. Verify Installation

composer test
# or
./vendor/bin/phpunit

🔧 Core Components

Models

• Permission - Individual access rights
• Role - Collections of permissions
• Group - Collections of roles and users
• PermissionGuard - Permission containers by context

Traits

• HasAccessControl - Assign/check roles, permissions, groups
• HasTranslatable - Automatic multilingual field handling

Services

• AccessControlManager - Central service for all operations

API Access

• Helper Function: AccessControl()->roles()->list()
• Facade: AccessControl::roles()->list()

🎯 Quick Start Guide

Step 1: Add Trait to User Model

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use EslamFaroug\PermissionPlus\Traits\HasAccessControl;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasAccessControl;
    
    // ... rest of your model
}

Step 2: Basic Usage

// Assign roles and permissions
$user->assignRole('editor');
$user->givePermissionTo('edit-posts');

// Check access
if ($user->hasRole('admin')) {
    // Admin actions
}

if ($user->hasPermissionTo('delete-posts')) {
    // Delete post action
}

Step 3: Explore Documentation

• 📋 Usage Examples - Start here for basic patterns
• 📚 Comprehensive Examples - Advanced features

📋 Basic Usage Examples

💡 For detailed examples and common patterns, see Usage Examples

User Access Control

// Assign roles and permissions
$user->assignRole('editor');
$user->givePermissionTo('edit-articles');
$user->assignToGroups('content-team');

// Check permissions
$user->hasRole('admin');                    // true/false
$user->hasPermissionTo('delete-posts');     // true/false
$user->inGroup('content-team');            // true/false

// Get all permissions
$permissions = $user->getAllPermissions();
$roles = $user->getAllRoles();
$groups = $user->getAllGroups();

Role and Permission Management

// Create roles with permissions
$role = AccessControl()->roles()->create([
    'name' => ['en' => 'Editor', 'ar' => 'محرر'],
    'key' => 'editor',
    'permissions' => ['create-post', 'edit-post', 'delete-post']
]);

// Create permissions
$permission = AccessControl()->guards()->create([
    'name' => ['en' => 'Web Guard', 'ar' => 'حارس الويب'],
    'key' => 'web',
    'permissions' => [
        ['name' => ['en' => 'View Posts', 'ar' => 'عرض المقالات'], 'key' => 'view-posts']
    ]
]);

🔄 CRUD Operations

The package provides a unified API for all CRUD operations through the AccessControl helper.

🔍 List Operations

// List with filters and relations
$roles = AccessControl()->roles()->list(
    ['key' => 'admin'],           // filters
    ['permissions', 'groups'],     // relations
    true                          // get data (false returns query builder)
);

// Get query builder for custom operations
$query = AccessControl()->roles()->list([], [], false);
$paginatedRoles = $query->paginate(15);

➕ Create Operations

// Create role with permissions
$role = AccessControl()->roles()->create([
    'name' => ['en' => 'Content Manager', 'ar' => 'مدير المحتوى'],
    'key' => 'content-manager',
    'permissions' => ['create-post', 'edit-post', 'delete-post']
]);

// Create group with roles
$group = AccessControl()->groups()->create([
    'name' => ['en' => 'Content Team', 'ar' => 'فريق المحتوى'],
    'key' => 'content-team',
    'roles' => ['editor', 'reviewer', 'publisher']
]);

✏️ Update Operations

// Update with new data
$role = AccessControl()->roles()->update(1, [
    'name' => ['en' => 'Senior Editor', 'ar' => 'محرر أول'],
    'permissions' => ['manage-content', 'approve-posts']
]);

// Direct model update
$role = AccessControl()->roles()->show(1);
$role->name = ['en' => 'Updated Name', 'ar' => 'اسم محدث'];
$role->save();

🗑️ Delete Operations

// Delete by ID
$deleted = AccessControl()->roles()->delete(1);

// Delete model
$role = AccessControl()->roles()->show(1);
$deleted = $role->delete();

🌐 Advanced Features

💡 For comprehensive examples and advanced patterns, see Comprehensive Examples

Multilingual Support

// Set application locale
app()->setLocale('ar');

// Create multilingual entity
$role = AccessControl()->roles()->create([
    'name' => [
        'en' => 'Content Editor',
        'ar' => 'محرر المحتوى',
        'fr' => 'Éditeur de contenu'
    ],
    'key' => 'content-editor'
]);

// Access localized name
echo $role->name; // Returns: محرر المحتوى (when locale is 'ar')

// Get all translations
$translations = $role->getTranslations('name');

Complex Queries

// Get roles with specific permissions
$query = AccessControl()->roles()->list([], ['permissions'], false);
$rolesWithEditPermission = $query->whereHas('permissions', function($q) {
    $q->where('key', 'edit-post');
})->get();

// Get groups with admin roles
$query = AccessControl()->groups()->list([], ['roles'], false);
$groupsWithAdminRole = $query->whereHas('roles', function($q) {
    $q->where('key', 'admin');
})->get();

Bulk Operations

// Bulk create roles
$roleData = [
    ['name' => ['en' => 'User', 'ar' => 'مستخدم'], 'key' => 'user'],
    ['name' => ['en' => 'Moderator', 'ar' => 'مشرف'], 'key' => 'moderator'],
    ['name' => ['en' => 'Administrator', 'ar' => 'مدير'], 'key' => 'administrator']
];

foreach ($roleData as $data) {
    AccessControl()->roles()->create($data);
}

// Bulk assign permissions
$role = AccessControl()->roles()->show('admin');
$permissions = ['manage-users', 'manage-roles', 'system-settings'];
$role->permissions()->sync($permissions);

🔗 Customization & Integration

Configuration

// config/permission-plus.php
return [
    'models' => [
        'permission' => App\Models\CustomPermission::class,
        'role' => App\Models\CustomRole::class,
        'group' => App\Models\CustomGroup::class,
        'guard' => App\Models\CustomGuard::class,
    ],
    'languages' => ['en', 'ar', 'fr', 'de'], // supported languages
];

Middleware Integration

// routes/web.php
Route::middleware(['auth'])->group(function () {
    // Permission-based routes
    Route::middleware(['permission:edit-post'])->group(function () {
        Route::get('/posts/{post}/edit', [PostController::class, 'edit']);
        Route::put('/posts/{post}', [PostController::class, 'update']);
    });

    // Role-based routes
    Route::middleware(['role:admin'])->group(function () {
        Route::resource('users', UserController::class);
    });
});

Blade Templates

{{-- Check permissions in views --}}
@if(auth()->user()->hasPermissionTo('edit-posts'))
    <a href="{{ route('posts.edit', $post) }}">Edit Post</a>
@endif

@if(auth()->user()->hasRole('admin'))
    <div class="admin-panel">
        Admin controls here
    </div>
@endif

📝 Contributing

Before Contributing

1. Check existing documentation:

   • Usage Examples - Common patterns and solutions
   • Comprehensive Examples - Advanced usage and edge cases

2. Review the codebase to understand the architecture

3. Test your changes thoroughly

Reporting Issues

• Provide detailed error messages
• Include code examples
• Check if the issue is covered in the documentation

📄 License

MIT License © Eslam Faroug

🆘 Need Help?

• 📋 Usage Examples - Start here for basic usage
• 📚 Comprehensive Examples - Advanced features and patterns
• 🐛 Report Issues - Bug reports and feature requests
• 📧 Contact Author - Direct support