Easily make your eloquent model publishable

This package provides a trait that will help you publishing eloquent models.

use Lemaur\Publishing\Database\Eloquent\Publishes;

class Post extends Model
{
    use Publishes;
}

It also includes custom schema builder blueprint methods to help you setting up your migrations with ease.

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Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require lemaur/eloquent-publishing

Usage

Your eloquent models should use the Lemaur\Publishing\Database\Eloquent\Publishes trait.

Your migration files should have a field to save the publishing date.

Here's a real-life example of how to implement the trait on a Post model.

(jump to all the available methods)

/** app\Models\Post.php */

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Lemaur\Publishing\Database\Eloquent\Publishes;

class Post extends Model
{
    use Publishes;
}

/** database\migrations\create_posts_table.php */

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

class CreatePostsTable extends Migration
{
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('title');
            $table->string('slug');
            $table->longText('body')->nullable();
            $table->timestamps();

            $table->publishes(); // equivalent to `$table->timestamp('published_at')->nullable();`
        });
    }

    ...
}

Available methods

Using in your migration files.

/** add a nullable timestamp column named "published_at"  */
$table->publishes();

/** it may accepts a custom column name and an optional precision (total digits) */
$table->publishes('published_at', $precision = 0);

/** add a nullable timestampTz column named "published_at"  */
$table->publishesTz();

/** it may accepts a custom column name and an optional precision (total digits) */
$table->publishesTz('published_at', $precision = 0);

/** drop the column named "published_at"  */
$table->dropPublishes();

/** it may accepts a custom column name */
$table->dropPublishes('published_at');

/** drop the column named "published_at"  */
$table->dropPublishesTz();

/** it may accepts a custom column name */
$table->dropPublishesTz('published_at');

For more information about timestamps, refer to the Laravel Documentation

(jump to the customize section)

Using in your controllers, actions or whatever you need

// Publish your model (this set the publish date at the current date time)
$post->publish();

// Publish your model with custom date time (can be in the future or in the past, as you wish. It accepts a class that implement \DatetimeInterface)
$post->publish(Carbon::parse('tomorrow'));

// Unpublish your model
$post->unpublish();

// Check if the model is published (current date time or in the past)
$bool = $post->isPublished();

// Check if the model is not published
$bool = $post->isNotPublished();

// Check if the model is published with a date time in the future
$bool = $post->isPlanned();

// Check if the model is not planned
$bool = $post->isNotPlanned();

// Show only published posts
$onlyPublishedPosts = Post::onlyPublished()->get();

// Show only planned posts
$onlyPlannedPosts = Post::onlyPlanned()->get();

// Show only planned and published posts
$onlyPlannedAndPublishedPosts = Post::onlyPlannedAndPublished()->get();

// Show only posts not planned nor published
$withoutPlannedAndPublishedPosts = Post::withoutPlannedAndPublished()->get();

// Order by latest published posts
$latestPublishedPosts = Post::latestPublished()->get();

// Order by oldest published posts
$oldestPublishedPosts = Post::oldestPublished()->get();

// Order by latest planned posts
$latestPlannedPosts = Post::latestPlanned()->get();

// Order by oldest planned posts
$oldestPlannedPosts = Post::oldestPlanned()->get();

// or you can combine them together...

// Get only published posts ordered by latest published
$posts = Post::onlyPublished()->latestPublished()->get();

// Get only planned posts ordered by latest planned
$posts = Post::onlyPlanned()->latestPlanned()->get();

Customize

If you want to change the column name, you need to specify it in your model and in your migration file. Let me show you:

// in your model

class Post extends Model
{
    use Publishes;

    /**
     * The custom name of the "published at" column.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    const PUBLISHED_AT = 'publish_date';
}

// in your migration file

class CreatePostsTable extends Migration
{
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            ...
            $table->publishes('publish_date');
        });
    }

    ...
}

Events

When you publish or unpublish a model, the package dispatches several events: publishing, published, unpublishing, unpublished.

The publishing / published events will dispatch when a model is published. The unpublishing / unpublished events will dispatch when a model is unpublished.

For more information about the events, refer to the Laravel Documentation

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerability

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Maurizio
• All Contributors

License

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