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WHMCS API client, user authentication provider, and SSO integration for Laravel.

Version Compatibility

Installation

Version 2.x (Laravel 10+)

composer require sburina/laravel-whmcs-up:^2.0

Version 1.x (Laravel 5.5 - 9)

composer require sburina/laravel-whmcs-up:^1.1

Publish Configuration

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Sburina\Whmcs\WhmcsServiceProvider"

The package auto-discovers in Laravel 5.5+. No manual service provider registration needed.

Configuration

Set these environment variables in your .env file:

WHMCS_URL=https://your-whmcs-installation.com
WHMCS_AUTH_TYPE=api
WHMCS_API_ID=your-api-identifier
WHMCS_API_SECRET=your-api-secret

Optional Variables

# Access key to bypass WHMCS IP restrictions
WHMCS_API_ACCESS_KEY=

# Admin auth (deprecated by WHMCS — use API credentials instead)
# WHMCS_AUTH_TYPE=password
# WHMCS_ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
# WHMCS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=secret

# SSL verification (default: true; set to false for self-signed dev certs)
WHMCS_VERIFY_SSL=true

# Request timeout in seconds (default: 30, v2.x only)
WHMCS_TIMEOUT=30

# Session key for storing authenticated user data
WHMCS_SESSION_USER_KEY=whmcs_user

# AutoAuth key (v1.x only — AutoAuth was removed in WHMCS 8.1)
WHMCS_AUTOAUTH_KEY=

See config/whmcs.php for all options.

Usage

API Client

The package provides convenience methods with clean signatures:

// Get products
\Whmcs::sbGetProducts($pid, $gid, $module);

// Get clients
\Whmcs::sbGetClients($limitstart, $limitnum, $sorting, $search);
// v2.x also supports: $orderby, $status parameters

// Get client details (email or clientid required)
\Whmcs::sbGetClientsDetails($email, $clientid, $stats);

// Validate login credentials
\Whmcs::sbValidateLogin($email, $password);

Magic Calls

Any WHMCS API action can be called directly. The method name becomes the API action:

\Whmcs::GetClientsProducts([
    'clientid' => 18122013
]);

\Whmcs::GetInvoice([
    'invoiceid' => 100001
]);

\Whmcs::AddOrder([
    'clientid'   => 1,
    'paymentmethod' => 'paypal',
    'pid'        => [1],
    'domain'     => ['example.com'],
]);

This works with any action listed in the WHMCS API Index, including custom API functions in your WHMCS installation.

Without Facades

$whmcs = app('whmcs');
$whmcs->GetInvoice(['invoiceid' => 100001]);

Authentication

Authenticate Laravel users against your WHMCS user base. This is useful when your Laravel app has no local user database.

Setup

1. In config/auth.php, set the provider driver:

'providers' => [
    'users' => [
        'driver' => 'whmcs',
    ],
],

The whmcs auth driver is registered automatically by the package (v1.1+ and v2.x). No manual Auth::provider() registration needed.

2. Use Laravel's built-in auth as usual:

// Routes
Auth::routes();

// Check authentication
auth()->check();
auth()->guest();

// Get the authenticated WHMCS user
$user = auth()->user(); // Returns WhmcsUser instance
$user->email;
$user->firstname;
$user->lastname;
$user->userid;

On successful login, user data from WHMCS is cached in the session. Subsequent auth()->user() calls use the cached data for the duration of the session.

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Authenticated users in your Laravel app are not automatically logged into WHMCS. Use SSO to redirect them.

Version 2.x — CreateSsoToken (WHMCS 8.1+)

// Redirect to WHMCS client area (logged in)
return \Whmcs::redirectSso();

// Redirect to a specific WHMCS page
return \Whmcs::redirectSso('clientarea.php?action=invoices');

// Get just the SSO URL
$url = \Whmcs::getSsoUrl();
$url = \Whmcs::getSsoUrl('cart.php');

You can also call the underlying API directly:

$result = \Whmcs::createSsoToken(
    clientId: 123,
    destination: 'sso:custom_redirect',
    ssoRedirectPath: 'clientarea.php?action=products'
);

// $result['redirect_url'] contains the one-time login URL

See CreateSsoToken API Reference.

Version 1.x — AutoAuth (WHMCS 5.x - 8.0)

AutoAuth must be enabled in WHMCS. See WHMCS AutoAuth.

WHMCS_AUTOAUTH_KEY=your-autoauth-secret-key

// Redirect to WHMCS (logged in)
return \Whmcs::redirectAutoLogin();

// Redirect to a specific page
return \Whmcs::redirectAutoLogin('cart.php');

// Get just the URL
$url = \Whmcs::getAutoLoginUrl();

Migrating from v1.x to v2.x

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 10, 11, 12, or 13
• WHMCS 8.1+

Breaking Changes

SSO: Replace AutoAuth calls with CreateSsoToken:

// Before (v1.x)
return \Whmcs::redirectAutoLogin('cart.php');
$url = \Whmcs::getAutoLoginUrl();

// After (v2.x)
return \Whmcs::redirectSso('cart.php');
$url = \Whmcs::getSsoUrl();

The old methods still exist in v2.x but trigger deprecation notices and will be removed in v3.

Config: The default session_key changed from user to whmcs_user. If you rely on the default, either update your code or set WHMCS_SESSION_USER_KEY=user in your .env.

SSL: SSL verification is now enabled by default. If you were relying on the old behavior (verification disabled), set WHMCS_VERIFY_SSL=false.

Auth provider registration: If you previously registered the auth provider manually in AuthServiceProvider, you can remove that code — it's now handled automatically by the package.

New Features in v2.x

• sbGetClients() supports $orderby and $status parameters (WHMCS 8.2+)
• Configurable request timeout via WHMCS_TIMEOUT
• Uses Laravel's HTTP client instead of raw Guzzle

Support

Please open an issue on GitHub

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.