Laravel Ban

Introduction

Laravel Ban simplify management of Eloquent model's ban. Make any model bannable in a minutes!

Use case is not limited to User model, any Eloquent model could be banned: Organizations, Teams, Groups and others.

Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
  • Prepare bannable model
  • Prepare bannable model database table
  • Available methods
  • Scopes
  • Events
  • Middleware
  • Scheduling
• Integrations
• Changelog
• Upgrading
• Contributing
• Testing
• Security
• Contributors
• Alternatives
• License
• About CyberCog

Features

• Model can have many bans.
• Removed bans kept in history as soft deleted records.
• Most parts of the logic is handled by the

  BanService

  .
• Has middleware to prevent banned user route access.
• Use case is not limited to

  User

  model, any Eloquent model could be banned.
• Events firing on models

  ban

  and

  unban

  .
• Designed to work with Laravel Eloquent models.
• Has Laravel Nova support.
• Using contracts to keep high customization capabilities.
• Using traits to get functionality out of the box.
• Following PHP Standard Recommendations:
  • PSR-1 (Basic Coding Standard).
  • PSR-2 (Coding Style Guide).
  • PSR-4 (Autoloading Standard).
• Covered with unit tests.

Installation

First, pull in the package through Composer:

shell script
$ composer require cybercog/laravel-ban

Registering package

The package will automatically register itself. This step required for Laravel 5.4 or earlier releases only.

Include the service provider within

app/config/app.php

'providers' => [
    Cog\Laravel\Ban\Providers\BanServiceProvider::class,
],

Apply database migrations

At last you need to publish and run database migrations:

shell script
$ php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Cog\Laravel\Ban\Providers\BanServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"
$ php artisan migrate

Usage

Prepare bannable model

use Cog\Contracts\Ban\Bannable as BannableContract;
use Cog\Laravel\Ban\Traits\Bannable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements BannableContract
{
    use Bannable;
}

Prepare bannable model database table

Bannable model must have

nullable timestamp

banned_at

Create a new migration file

shell script
$ php artisan make:migration add_banned_at_column_to_users_table

Then insert the following code into migration file:

class AddBannedAtColumnToUsersTable extends Migration
{
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->timestamp('banned_at')->nullable();
        });
    }

public function down()
{
    Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->dropColumn('banned_at');
    });
}
}

Available methods

Apply ban for the entity

$user->ban();

Apply ban for the entity with reason comment

$user->ban([
    'comment' => 'Enjoy your ban!',
]);

Apply ban for the entity which will be deleted over time

$user->ban([
    'expired_at' => '2086-03-28 00:00:00',
]);

expired_at

\Carbon\Carbon

\Carbon\Carbon::parse($string)

$user->ban([
    'expired_at' => '+1 month',
]);

Remove ban from entity

$user->unban();

On

unban

Check if entity is banned

$user->isBanned();

Check if entity is not banned

$user->isNotBanned();

Delete expired bans manually

app(\Cog\Contracts\Ban\BanService::class)->deleteExpiredBans();

Determine if ban is permanent

$ban = $user->ban();

$ban->isPermanent(); // true

Or pass

null

$ban = $user->ban([
   'expired_at' => null,
]);

$ban->isPermanent(); // true

Determine if ban is temporary

$ban = $user->ban([
   'expired_at' => '2086-03-28 00:00:00',
]);

$ban->isTemporary(); // true

Scopes

Get all models which are not banned

$users = User::withoutBanned()->get();

Get banned and not banned models

$users = User::withBanned()->get();

Get only banned models

$users = User::onlyBanned()->get();

Scope auto-apply

To apply query scopes all the time you can define

shouldApplyBannedAtScope

true

use Cog\Contracts\Ban\Bannable as BannableContract;
use Cog\Laravel\Ban\Traits\Bannable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements BannableContract
{
    use Bannable;
/**
 * Determine if BannedAtScope should be applied by default.
 *
 * @return bool
 */
public function shouldApplyBannedAtScope()
{
    return true;
}
}

Events

If entity is banned

\Cog\Laravel\Ban\Events\ModelWasBanned

Is entity is unbanned

\Cog\Laravel\Ban\Events\ModelWasUnbanned

Middleware

This package has route middleware designed to prevent banned users to go to protected routes.

To use it define new middleware in

$routeMiddleware

app/Http/Kernel.php

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    'forbid-banned-user' => \Cog\Laravel\Ban\Http\Middleware\ForbidBannedUser::class,
]

Then use it in any routes and route groups you need to protect:

Route::get('/', [
    'uses' => '[email protected]',
    'middleware' => 'forbid-banned-user',
]);

If you want force logout banned user on protected routes access, use

LogsOutBannedUser

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    'logs-out-banned-user' => \Cog\Laravel\Ban\Http\Middleware\LogsOutBannedUser::class,
]

Scheduling

After you have performed the basic installation you can start using the

ban:delete-expired

The command can be scheduled in Laravel's console kernel, just like any other command.

// app/Console/Kernel.php

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
    $schedule->command('ban:delete-expired')->everyMinute();
}

Of course, the time used in the code above is just example. Adjust it to suit your own preferences.

Integrations

• Laravel Nova Ban

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Upgrading

Please see UPGRADING for detailed upgrade instructions.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Testing

Run the tests with:

shell script
$ vendor/bin/phpunit

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Contributors

|
Anton Komarev |
badr aldeen shek salim |
Rick Mac Gillis |
AnsellC |
Joe Archer | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |

Laravel Ban contributors list

Alternatives

• https://github.com/imanghafoori1/laravel-temp-tag

License

• Laravel Ban

  package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License by Anton Komarev.

• Fat Boss In Jail

  image licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 by Gan Khoon Lay.

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