azaharizaman/nexus-journal-entry

Framework-agnostic journal entry management for general ledger systems

v0.1.0-alpha1 2026-05-05 02:28 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3
• ext-bcmath: *
• azaharizaman/nexus-common: dev-main
• psr/log: ^3.0

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^11.0

MIT

• Nexus Team

• Accounting
• finance
• ERP
• bookkeeping
• double-entry
• journal-entry
• general-ledger

README

A framework-agnostic PHP package for journal entry management in general ledger systems.

Overview

Nexus\JournalEntry provides a complete journal entry management engine for ERP systems, including:

• Double-entry bookkeeping with balance validation
• Journal entry creation, posting, and reversal
• Multi-currency support with exchange rate handling
• Fiscal period validation integration
• Balance calculation engine
• Trial balance generation

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• azaharizaman/nexus-common ^1.0
• azaharizaman/nexus-chart-of-account ^1.0
• azaharizaman/nexus-period ^1.0

Installation

composer require azaharizaman/nexus-journal-entry

Key Concepts

Journal Entries

A journal entry represents a financial transaction recorded in the general ledger. Each entry:

• Contains multiple line items (minimum 2 for double-entry)
• Must be balanced (total debits = total credits)
• References valid accounts from the Chart of Accounts
• Is posted to an open fiscal period

Status Lifecycle

Draft → Posted → Reversed

• Draft: Entry created but not yet posted
• Posted: Entry finalized and immutable
• Reversed: Entry has been reversed with offsetting entry

Multi-Currency

Line items can be in different currencies:

• Transaction amount in original currency
• Base amount converted using effective exchange rate
• Exchange rate captured at posting time

Important: Multi-currency journal entries require a CurrencyConverterInterface implementation to be injected into JournalEntryManager. Without it, all lines must use the same currency.

// Single currency - works without CurrencyConverter
$entry = $manager->createEntry([
    'lines' => [
        ['account_id' => 'acc-1', 'debit' => '100.00', 'currency' => 'MYR'],
        ['account_id' => 'acc-2', 'credit' => '100.00', 'currency' => 'MYR'],
    ],
]);

// Multi-currency - requires CurrencyConverter
$manager = new JournalEntryManager(
    $query,
    $persist,
    $ledgerQuery,
    $clock,
    'MYR', // default currency
    $currencyConverter, // inject converter
    $logger
);

$entry = $manager->createEntry([
    'lines' => [
        ['account_id' => 'acc-1', 'debit' => '100.00', 'currency' => 'USD'],
        ['account_id' => 'acc-2', 'credit' => '475.00', 'currency' => 'MYR'], // ~100 USD at 4.75 rate
    ],
]);

Quick Start

use Nexus\JournalEntry\Contracts\JournalEntryManagerInterface;

// Inject the manager (implementation provided by consuming application)
public function __construct(
    private readonly JournalEntryManagerInterface $journalManager
) {}

// Create and post a journal entry
public function recordSale(): void
{
    // Create journal entry
    $entry = $this->journalManager->createEntry([
        'date' => new DateTimeImmutable('2024-01-15'),
        'description' => 'Sales revenue - Invoice #1001',
        'reference' => 'INV-1001',
        'lines' => [
            [
                'account_id' => 'acc-cash-1000',
                'debit' => '1000.00',
                'credit' => '0.00',
                'currency' => 'MYR',
            ],
            [
                'account_id' => 'acc-revenue-4000',
                'debit' => '0.00',
                'credit' => '1000.00',
                'currency' => 'MYR',
            ],
        ],
    ]);
    
    // Post the entry
    $this->journalManager->postEntry($entry->getId());
}

Available Interfaces

Core Contracts

Interface	Description
JournalEntryInterface	Journal entry entity contract
JournalEntryLineInterface	Line item entity contract
JournalEntryQueryInterface	Read operations (CQRS Query)
JournalEntryPersistInterface	Write operations (CQRS Command)
JournalEntryManagerInterface	High-level management operations

Supporting Contracts

Interface	Description
LedgerQueryInterface	Balance and ledger queries
CurrencyConverterInterface	Currency conversion for multi-currency entries
SequencingIntegrationInterface	Journal entry number generation
PeriodValidationInterface	Fiscal period validation

Services

JournalEntryManager

High-level service for journal entry operations:

// Create entry
$entry = $manager->createEntry($data);

// Post entry (validates and marks as Posted)
$manager->postEntry($entryId);

// Reverse entry (creates offsetting entry)
$reversal = $manager->reverseEntry($entryId, $reason);

PostingEngine

Validates journal entries before posting:

// Validate entry
$engine->validate($entry);

// Calculate impact on accounts
$impacts = $engine->calculateImpact($entry);

BalanceCalculator

Calculates account balances:

// Balance as of date
$balance = $calculator->getAccountBalance($accountId, $asOfDate);

// Trial balance
$trialBalance = $calculator->generateTrialBalance($asOfDate);

// Running balance
$runningBalance = $calculator->calculateRunningBalance($accountId, $transactions);

Value Objects

Money

The Money value object is provided by Nexus\Common (shared across all packages):

use Nexus\Common\ValueObjects\Money;

$amount = Money::of(1000.00, 'MYR');
$sum = $amount->add(Money::of(500.00, 'MYR'));
$isEqual = $amount->equals($other);
$formatted = $amount->format(); // "1000.00 MYR"

ExchangeRate

Effective-dated exchange rate:

use Nexus\JournalEntry\ValueObjects\ExchangeRate;

$rate = new ExchangeRate('USD', 'MYR', '4.7500', new DateTimeImmutable());
$converted = $rate->convert(Money::of('100.0000', 'USD'));

JournalEntryNumber

Validated journal entry number:

use Nexus\JournalEntry\ValueObjects\JournalEntryNumber;

$number = JournalEntryNumber::fromString('JE-2024-001234');
$prefix = $number->getPrefix(); // 'JE'
$sequence = $number->getSequence(); // 1234

Integration with Other Packages

Chart of Account (azaharizaman/nexus-chart-of-account)

Journal entries reference accounts for posting:

// Account validation during posting
$account = $accountQuery->find($line->getAccountId());

if (!$account->isPostable()) {
    throw new InvalidAccountException('Cannot post to header account');
}

if (!$account->isActive()) {
    throw new InvalidAccountException('Account is inactive');
}

Period (azaharizaman/nexus-period)

Period validation before posting:

// Validate posting date is in open period
if (!$periodValidator->isOpen($entry->getPostingDate())) {
    throw new PeriodClosedException('Cannot post to closed period');
}

Sequencing (azaharizaman/nexus-sequencing)

Journal entry number generation:

// Generate next number via sequencing integration
$number = $sequencing->getNext('journal_entry');

Consumer Implementation

Consuming applications must provide implementations for:

1. Repository Interfaces - Database persistence using Eloquent/Doctrine
2. Currency Converter - Convert money between currencies (required for multi-currency entries)
3. Period Validator - Integration with Period package

Example: Laravel Implementation

// Service Provider bindings
$this->app->bind(
    JournalEntryQueryInterface::class,
    EloquentJournalEntryRepository::class
);

$this->app->bind(
    JournalEntryPersistInterface::class,
    EloquentJournalEntryRepository::class
);

$this->app->bind(
    CurrencyConverterInterface::class,
    CurrencyExchangeRateAdapter::class // Wraps Nexus\Currency\ExchangeRateService
);

Testing

composer test

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.