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fbf/laravel-downloads
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A Laravel 4 package for adding content managed 'downloads' to a site

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Laravel Downloads
=================

[](#laravel-downloads)

A Laravel 4 package for adding content managed 'downloads' to a site

Includes
--------

[](#includes)

- Migration for a database table to store references to the uploaded files
- Model for accessing the database table
- FrozenNode Administrator config for uploading and managing images

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add the following to you composer.json file

```
"fbf/laravel-downloads": "dev-master"

```

Run

```
composer update

```

Add the following to app/config/app.php

```
'Fbf\LaravelDownloads\LaravelDownloadsServiceProvider'

```

Publish the config

```
php artisan config:publish fbf/laravel-downloads

```

Run the migration

```
php artisan migrate --package="fbf/laravel-downloads"

```

Create the relevant image upload directories that you specify in your config, e.g.

```
public/uploads/packages/fbf/laravel-downloads/downloads
public/uploads/packages/fbf/laravel-downloads/images/original
public/uploads/packages/fbf/laravel-downloads/images/resized

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In your views you can do something like the following:

```

        Download our {{ $download->title }}

    [{{ $download->extension }}, {{ $download->human_readable_filesize }}]

```

Administrator
-------------

[](#administrator)

You can use the excellent Laravel Administrator package by frozennode to administer your images.

A ready-to-use model config file for the Download model (downloads.php) is provided in the src/config/administrator directory of the package, which you can copy into the app/config/administrator directory (or whatever you set as the model\_config\_path in the administrator config file).

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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