Just another simple settings package for Laravel.

Installation

composer require ottosmops/settings 

php artisan vendor:publish // --tag==migrations

If you want to rename the database table, you can do this within config/settings.php.

php artisan migrate 

Description

The package installs a table settings and uses an ordinary Model setting. So all the standard methods are available. The helper setting('key') and the static method Setting::getValue('key') use an array which is Cached. If a setting is created, updated or deleted the cached is forgotten.

Along with key and value there are some more columns:

• type (not nullable!),
• scope (string),
• editable (casted to bool),
• rules (string),
• description (text).

If you set a new value, it is validated against the type and the rules. So the static method Setting::setValue('key', 'value') is the prefered way to set values.

Usage

Create a new setting

$setting = Setting::create(['key' => 'myKey', 
                            'type' => 'string', // integer, bool or array
                            'scope' => 'mysetting', 
                            'rules' => 'nullable|string', 
                            'description' => 'My description']);

$setting = Setting::setValue('myKey', 'myValue');

echo $setting->value // myValue from the model

// from Cache
echo setting('key'); // myValue

echo Setting::getValue('key'); // myValue

Types

Values can have different types: string, boolean, integer, array. To create a new setting you have to specify at least a type:

Setting::create(['key' => 'your_key', 'type' => 'integer']);
Setting::setValue('your_key', 37);

So if you now get a value it is casted to this type.

Helper

For retrieving a value there is a helper setting($key, $default= null) which uses a cached array of settings.

Config

You can set another table name in setting.php.

Inspired by

https://github.com/saqueib/db-settings/blob/master/app/Setting/Setting.php

https://coderstape.com/series/1-laravel-package-development