bradietilley/laravel-impersonation

Session-based user impersonation for Laravel.

v0.2.0 2026-07-23 10:24 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3
• laravel/framework: ^13.0
• spatie/laravel-package-tools: ^1.16

Requires (Dev)

• laravel/pint: ^1.18
• orchestra/testbench: ^11.0
• pestphp/pest: ^4.0
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.0

MIT

• Bradie Tilley

• user
• auth
• laravel
• impersonation

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-07-23 13:37 UTC

README

Session-based user impersonation for Laravel, with optional recursive (nested) impersonation.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at bradietilley.dev/laravel-impersonation.

Installation

composer require bradietilley/laravel-impersonation

use BradieTilley\Impersonation\Contracts\Impersonateable;
use BradieTilley\Impersonation\ImpersonationManager;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements Impersonateable
{
    //
}

ImpersonationManager::configure(
    authorize: fn ($admin, $user) => $admin->isAdmin() && ! $user->isAdmin(),
);

ImpersonationManager::make()->impersonate($user);
ImpersonationManager::make()->stopImpersonating();

Author

• Bradie Tilley