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gridprinciples/friendly
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Friends system for users, on Laravel.

0.1.0(10y ago)105261PHP

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[](#friendly-)

A [Laravel 5.1](http://laravel.com/docs/5.1) package designed to enhance Eloquent users with connections between users, including approvals by both users and additional data.

**Friendly** includes many shortcuts to creating one's own Friend system, but the developer is free to implement the details however they require.

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

[](#installation)

1. Run `composer require gridprinciples/friendly` from your project directory.
2. Add the following to the `providers` array in `config/app.php`:

    ```
    GridPrinciples\Friendly\Providers\FriendlyServiceProvider::class,
    ```
3. Publish the migrations and config file:

    ```
    php artisan vendor:publish --provider="GridPrinciples\Friendly\Providers\FriendlyServiceProvider"

    ```
4. Run the migrations:

    ```
    php artisan migrate

    ```

    This will add a `friends` table to your database to track relationships between models.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

**Add the `Friendly` trait to your User model:**
`use Friendly;`

You may now relate users to each other:

```
// Using the "requesting" user model...
$dad = User::where('name', 'darth')->first();

// ...and the one receiving the friend request...
$kid = User::where('name', 'luke')->first();

// may include "pivot" data.
$dad->befriend($kid, [
    'name'       => 'Father',
    'other_name' => 'Son',
    'start'      => '1980-05-21',
]);

// ...and later, the secondary user approves the request:
$kid->approve($dad);

// At this point, either user is associated with the other via their `friends` attribute (a Collection):
$relatives = $kid->friends->toArray();

// Either user may sever the relationship, resulting in a type of block:
$kid->block($dad);
```

### Pivot Data

[](#pivot-data)

The included implementation table includes the following additional information about each friend request:

- `name`: Describes the requesting user's relationship with the secondary user.
- `other_name`: Describes the secondary user's relationship with the requesting user.
- `start`: When the relationship started, or will start.
- `end`: When the relationship

### Reloading the Connections

[](#reloading-the-connections)

When time you access the "friends" property on a user Model, the connections will be loaded and cached. If you make changes to a different relationship which would affect a loaded user's friends, you might need to reload them:

```
$user->resetFriends();
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3919d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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