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
• Change log
• Upgrading
• Contributing
• Testing
• Security
• Contributors
• Alternatives
• License
• About CyberCog

Features

• Model can has many bans.
• Removed bans keeps in history as Soft deleted record.
• Most part of the 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.
• 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:

$ 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:

$ 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 column named banned_at. This value used as flag and simplify checks if user was banned. If you are trying to make default Laravel User model to be bannable you can use example below.

Create a new migration file

$ php artisan make:migration add_banned_at_column_to_users_table

Then insert the following code into migration file:

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

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 attribute could be \Carbon\Carbon instance or any string which could be parsed by \Carbon\Carbon::parse($string) method:

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

Remove ban from entity

$user->unban();

On unban all related ban models are soft deletes.

Check if entity is banned

$user->isBanned();

Check if entity is not banned

$user->isNotBanned();

Delete expired bans manually

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

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 method in bannable model. If method returns true all banned models will be hidden by default.

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 event is fired.

Is entity is unbanned \Cog\Laravel\Ban\Events\ModelWasUnbanned event is fired.

Middleware

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

To use it define new middleware in $routeMiddleware array of app/Http/Kernel.php file:

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' => 'UsersController@profile',
    'middleware' => 'forbid-banned-user',
]);

Scheduling

After you have performed the basic installation you can start using the ban:delete-expired command. In most cases you'll want to schedule these command so you don't have to manually run it everytime you need to delete expired bans and unban models.

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.

Change log

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:

$ composer test

Security

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

Contributors

Anton Komarev

Laravel Ban contributors list

Alternatives

Feel free to add more alternatives as Pull Request.

License

• Laravel Ban package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License.
• Fat Boss In Jail image licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 by Gan Khoon Lay.

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