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This package gives users the ability to manage their friendships.

Models can:

• Send Friend Requests
• Accept Friend Requests
• Deny Friend Requests
• Delete Friend

Installation

First, install the package through Composer.

composer require merodiro/friendships

Then include the service provider inside config/app.php.

'providers' => [
    ...
    Merodiro\Friendships\FriendshipsServiceProvider::class,
    ...
];

Finally, migrate the database

php artisan migrate

Setup a Model

use Merodiro\Friendships\Friendable;
class User extends Model
{
    use Friendable;
    ...
}

How to use

Check the Test file to see the package in action

Send a Friend Request

$user->addFriend($recipient);

Accept a Friend Request

$user->acceptFriend($sender);

Deny a Friend Request

$user->deleteFriend($sender);

Remove Friend

$user->deleteFriend($friend);

Mutual Friends

$user->mutualFriends($anotherUser);

check the current relationship between two users

$user->checkFriendship($anotherUser);

it returns

• same_user => if the $user is checking his own account
• friends => if they are friends
• waiting => if $user sent a request waiting for approval from $anotherUser
• pending => if $anotherUser user sent a request waiting for approval from $user
• not_friends => if they are not friends

Check if two users are friends

$user->isFriendsWith($anotherUser);

it returns true if they are friends and false if they aren't

Friends

To get a collection of users use the following methods:

Get Friends

$user->friends();

Get a list of users that $user has received friend requests from

$user->friendRequestsReceived();

Get a list of users that $user has sent friend requests to

$user->friendRequestsSent();

Events

This is the list of the events fired by default for each action

for more about how to use the events Check this example

Testing

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING and CODE_OF_CONDUCT for details.

Security

If you discover any security-related issues, please email merodiro@gmail.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Amr A. Mohammed
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.