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Simple user settings facade for Laravel 4. Settings are stored as JSON in a single database column, so you can easily add it to an existing table (users for example).

Installation

1. Begin by installing this package through Composer. Edit your project's composer.json file to require cmarfil/laravel-multiuser-json-settings.

   "require": {
   	"cmarfil/laravel-multiuser-json-settings": "~1.1"
   }
   

2. Add 'Cmarfil\LaravelMultiUserJsonSettings\ServiceProvider' to providers in app/config/app.php.

'providers' => array(
  // ...
  'Cmarfil\LaravelMultiUserJsonSettings\ServiceProvider',
),

1. Add 'Setting' => 'Cmarfil\LaravelMultiUserJsonSettings\Facade' to aliases in app/config/app.php.

'aliases' => array(
  // ...
  'Setting' => 'Cmarfil\LaravelMultiUserJsonSettings\Facade',
),

1. Run php artisan config:publish cmarfil/laravel-multiuser-json-settings to publish the config file.
2. Modify the published configuration file located at app/config/packages/cmarfil/laravel-multiuser-json-settings/config.php to your liking.
3. Create a varchar (string) column in a table on your database to match the config file in step 5. Alternatively, use the Laravel migration included in this package to automatically create a settings column in the users table: php artisan migrate --package=cmarfil/laravel-multiuser-json-settings.

Configuration

Pop open app/config/packages/cmarfil/laravel-multiuser-json-settings/config.php to adjust package configuration. If this file doesn't exist, run php artisan config:publish cmarfil/laravel-multiuser-json-settings to create the default configuration file.

return array(
    'table' => 'users',
    'column' => 'settings',
	'constraint_key' => 'id',
	'default_constraint_value' => (Auth::check() ? Auth::id() : null)
	'custom_constraint' => false, //'id = ' . (Auth::check() ? Auth::id() : null),
);

Table

Specify the table on your database that you want to use.

Column

Specify the column in the above table that you want to store the settings JSON data in.

Constraint key

Specify the column constraint - this is used to differentiate between different users, objects or models ( normally id ).

Default constraint value

Specify the default constraint value - If you do not specify one, default configuration is obtained, in this case the user logged.

Custom constraint

Specify a where clause for each query - Caution: Leave blank if your want to set or get different rows on same runtime, use constraint_key and default_constraint_value

Usage

Use the Setting facade (Setting::) to access the functions in this package.

Set

Setting::set('key', 'value', $constraint_value);

Use set to change the value of a setting. If the setting does not exist, it will be created automatically. You can set multiple keys at once by passing an associative (key=>value) array to the first parameter. If you do not pass constraint_value the value used by default is default_constraint_value

Get

Setting::get('key', 'default', $constraint_value);

Use get to retrieve the value of a setting. The second parameter is optional and can be used to specify a default value if the setting does not exist (the default default value is null). If you do not pass constraint_value the value used by default is default_constraint_value

Forget

Setting::forget('key', $constraint_value);

Unset or delete a setting by calling forget. If you do not pass constraint_value the value used by default is default_constraint_value

Has

Setting::has('key', $constraint_value);

Check for the existence of a setting, returned as a boolean. If you do not pass constraint_value the value used by default is default_constraint_value

All

Setting::all($constraint_value);

Retrieve all settings as an associative array (key=>value). If you do not pass constraint_value the value used by default is default_constraint_value

Save

Setting::save($constraint_value);

Save all changes back to the database. This will need to be called after making changes; it is not automatic. If you do not pass constraint_value the value used by default is default_constraint_value

Load

Setting::load($constraint_value);

Reload settings from the database. This is called automatically if settings have not been loaded before being accessed or mutated. If you do not pass constraint_value the value used by default is default_constraint_value

##Example With default configuration:

return array(
    'table' => 'users',
    'column' => 'settings',
	'constraint_key' => 'id',
	'default_constraint_value' => (Auth::check() ? Auth::id() : null)
	'custom_constraint' => false, //'id = ' . (Auth::check() ? Auth::id() : null),
);

The following set and returns the user logged setting "email_notification"

//Set email_notifications setting to false
Setting::set('email_notifications', false);

//Save config
Setting::save();

//Save email_notifications
return Setting::get('email_notifications');

The following set and returns the setting "email_notification" for user with id 23

//Set email_notifications setting to false
Setting::set('email_notifications', false, 23);

//Save config
Setting::save(23);

//Save email_notifications
return Setting::get('email_notifications', true, 23);

Finally

Contributing

Feel free to create a fork and submit a pull request if you would like to contribute.

Bug reports

Raise an issue on GitHub if you notice something broken.

Credits

Fork of https://github.com/Grimthorr/laravel-user-settings. Based loosely on https://github.com/anlutro/laravel-settings.