alibayat / likeable
Implementing a Like system for Laravel's Eloquent models.
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Requires
- php: >=5.5.0
- illuminate/database: >=5.0
- illuminate/support: >=5.0
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Last update: 2025-09-27 06:01:06 UTC
README
This Package is for Laravel 5+ and makes it easy to implement Liking/Favoriting system for Eloquent's Models. just use the trait in the model and you're good to go.
Composer Install (for Laravel 5+)
composer require alibayat/likeable
Publish and Run the migrations
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="AliBayat\LaravelLikeable\LikeableServiceProvider" --tag=migrations
php artisan migrate
if you're using Laravel version 5.5+, Likeable package will be auto-discovered by Laravel. and if not: register the package in config/app.php providers array manually.
'providers' => [ ... \AliBayat\LaravelLikeable\LikeableServiceProvider::class, ],
Setup models - just use the Trait in the Model.
<?php namespace App; use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; use AliBayat\LaravelLikeable\Likeable; class Post extends Model { use Likeable; }
Usage
$post->like(); // like the post for current user $post->like($userId); // pass in the user id $post->like(0); // just adding likes to the count, and don't track any user $post->unlike(); // remove like from the post $post->unlike($userId); // pass in the user id $post->unlike(0); // remove likes from the count -- does not check for user $post->likeCount; // get Total count of likes $post->likes; // Collection (Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection) of existing likes $post->liked(); // check if currently logged in user liked the post $post->liked($userId); // pass in the user id Post::likedBy($userId) // find only posts where user liked them ->with('likeCounter') // with eager loading ->get();
Credits
- Ali Bayat - ali.bayat@live.com