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adamcmoore/laravel-approvable
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Require approval of changes to eloquent models

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Laravel Approvable
------------------

[](#laravel-approvable)

A package to require the approval of changes to Eloquent Models.

Supports Laravel version 10.

### Setup

[](#setup)

#### Require Package

[](#require-package)

`composer require adamcmoore/laravel-approvable`

#### Publish & run migrations

[](#publish--run-migrations)

`php artisan vendor:publish --provider "AcMoore\Approvable\ApprovableServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"``php artisan migrate`

#### Set models requiring approval

[](#set-models-requiring-approval)

```
use AcMoore\Approvable\Approvable;
use AcMoore\Approvable\ApprovableContract;

class Article extends Model implements ApprovableContract
{
    use Approvable;

    // Only fields set as approvable will be used when considering
    // if a new version is required, and only these fields will be
    // stored in the new version. If this isn't set, the $fillable
    // fields are used.
    public $approvable = [
        'title',
        'content',
    ];

    // Optionally set a datetime field on the model to be set with
    // the date that the draft was first approved.
    protected $timestamp_field_for_first_approved = 'approved_at';

}

```

#### Setup related models requiring approval

[](#setup-related-models-requiring-approval)

```
use AcMoore\Approvable\Approvable;
use AcMoore\Approvable\ApprovableContract;

class ArticleImage extends Model implements ApprovableContract
{
    use Approvable;

    public $approvable = [
        'file_url',
    ];

    // Set the name of the parent relation.
    // Currently only belongsTo has been tested
    public $approvable_parent = 'article';

    public function article()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Article::class);
    }
}

```

### Usage example

[](#usage-example)

```
$article = Article::find(1)->get();
$article->title = 'New Title';

Article::enableApproval();
$article->save();
Article::disableApproval();

```

...

```
$article = $article->has('draft')->with('versions')->first();

// The version with a status of draft, rejected, or approved
$draft = $article->draft;

// An Article model with the draft values filled
$preview = $article->draft->preview;

// Set status of version as approved. Version remains as a draft.
$draft->approve('Optional note regarding decision to approve');

// Set status of version as rejected. Version is removed as a draft.
$draft->reject('Optional note regarding decision to reject');

// Write the draft to the database object
$draft->apply('Optional note regarding decision to apply');

// Ignore the draft
$draft->drop('Optional note regarding decision to drop');

```

### Force draft creation when updating

[](#force-draft-creation-when-updating)

Creating and Deleting will always create a draft when approval is enabled.

Updating will only create a draft when model attributes have been changed.

To always taking a draft, even when no data has been changed, use `Model::forceDraft();` after `Model::enableApproval()`.

### Eloquent Model Events

[](#eloquent-model-events)

Model events are fired on the Approvable Model when the status of its draft changes. These can be listened to with an Observer. Events triggered are:

- `new_draft`
- `approved`
- `rejected`
- `dropped`
- `applied`

### Todo

[](#todo)

- Add support for creating & deleting non-relation records
- Test & support for other types of relations, other than belongsTo

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~213 days

Recently: every ~109 days

Total

10

Last Release

949d ago

Major Versions

v0.4 → v1.02020-12-09

v1.0.4 → v2.02023-05-02

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1PHP >=7.0.13

v1.0PHP >=7.3

v2.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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