sowailem/ownable

A Laravel package to handle ownership relationships between models

1.0.6 2025-12-11 11:26 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.0
• laravel/framework: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0|^12.0

Requires (Dev)

• orchestra/testbench: ^7.0|^8.0
• phpunit/phpunit: ^9.5|^10.0

MIT

• Abdullah Sowailem

README

A Laravel package to handle ownership relationships between Eloquent models. This package provides a simple and flexible way to manage ownership of any model by any other model in your Laravel application.

Features

• Flexible Ownership: Any model can own any other model
• Ownership Transfer: Transfer ownership between different owners
• Ownership History: Keep track of ownership changes over time
• Current Owner: Easily retrieve the current owner of any ownable item
• Bulk Operations: Check ownership status and manage multiple ownables
• Automatic Cleanup: Automatically clean up ownership records when models are deleted
• Facade Support: Use the convenient Owner facade for ownership operations

Requirements

• PHP ^8.0
• Laravel ^9.0, ^10.0, ^11.0 or ^12.0

Installation

Require the package via Composer:

composer require sowailem/ownable

Publish the migration:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Sowailem\Ownable\OwnableServiceProvider" --tag="ownable-migrations"

Run the migration:

php artisan migrate

Usage Examples

1. Setting up models

use Sowailem\Ownable\Traits\HasOwnables;
use Sowailem\Ownable\Traits\IsOwnable;
use Sowailem\Ownable\Contracts\Ownable as OwnableContract;
use Sowailem\Ownable\Contracts\Owner as OwnerContract;

// Owner model (e.g., User)
class User extends Authenticatable implements OwnerContract
{
    use HasOwnables;
}

// Ownable model
class Post extends Model implements OwnableContract
{
    use IsOwnable;
}

2. Using the package

Giving Ownership

$user = User::first();
$post = Post::first();

// Give ownership
$user->giveOwnershipTo($post);
// Or
$post->ownedBy($user);
// Or using facade
Owner::give($user, $post);

Checking Ownership

// Check ownership
if ($user->owns($post)) {
    // User owns this post
}
// Or
if ($post->isOwnedBy($user)) {
    // Post is owned by this user
}
// Or using facade
if (Owner::check($user, $post)) {
    // Check ownership using facade
}

Transferring Ownership

// Transfer ownership
$newOwner = User::find(2);
$user->transferOwnership($post, $newOwner);
// Or
$post->transferOwnershipTo($newOwner);
// Or using facade
Owner::transfer($user, $newOwner, $post);

Retrieving Owned Items and Owners

// Get all owned items
$user->ownables()->get();

// Get current owner of an item
$currentOwner = $post->currentOwner();

// Get all owners (including historical)
$allOwners = $post->owners()->get();

// Get only current owners
$currentOwners = $post->owners()->wherePivot('is_current', true)->get();

Taking Ownership Away

// Remove ownership
$user->takeOwnershipFrom($post);

API Reference

HasOwnables Trait

Methods available on owner models:

• possessions() - Relationship to ownership records
• ownables() - Relationship to owned items
• owns($ownable) - Check if owns a specific item
• giveOwnershipTo($ownable) - Give ownership of an item
• takeOwnershipFrom($ownable) - Remove ownership of an item
• transferOwnership($ownable, $newOwner) - Transfer ownership to another owner

IsOwnable Trait

Methods available on ownable models:

• ownerships() - Relationship to ownership records
• owners() - Relationship to owners
• currentOwner() - Get the current owner
• ownedBy($owner) - Set ownership to a specific owner
• isOwnedBy($owner) - Check if owned by a specific owner
• transferOwnershipTo($newOwner) - Transfer ownership to a new owner

Owner Facade

Static methods available via the Owner facade:

• Owner::give($owner, $ownable) - Give ownership
• Owner::check($owner, $ownable) - Check ownership
• Owner::transfer($fromOwner, $toOwner, $ownable) - Transfer ownership

Configuration

You can publish the configuration file to customize the package behavior:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Sowailem\Ownable\OwnableServiceProvider" --tag="ownable-config"

The configuration allows you to customize:

• Default owner model class
• Default ownable model class
• Database table name

Database Structure

The package creates an ownerships table with the following structure:

• id - Primary key
• owner_id - ID of the owner model
• owner_type - Class name of the owner model
• ownable_id - ID of the ownable model
• ownable_type - Class name of the ownable model
• is_current - Boolean flag indicating if this is the current ownership
• created_at - Timestamp when ownership was created
• updated_at - Timestamp when ownership was last updated

Testing

composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

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

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.