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jeroenherczeg/dog
=================

A User Follow Package for Laravel 5

0.0.3(9y ago)441MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Aug 15Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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A User Follow Package for Laravel 5
===================================

[](#a-user-follow-package-for-laravel-5)

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Add a user following system like Twitter, Quora or any other social network that allows you to follow another user and have users follow you.

Install
-------

[](#install)

You can install the package via composer:

```
$ composer require jeroenherczeg/dog
```

Next, you must install the service provider:

```
// config/app.php
'providers' => [
    ...
    Jeroenherczeg\Dog\FollowServiceProvider::class,
];
```

You can publish the migration with:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Jeroenherczeg\Dog\FollowServiceProvider"
```

After the migration has been published you can create the `followers` table by running the migrations:

```
php artisan migrate
```

Add the followable trait to the User model

```
use Jeroenherczeg\Dog\Followable;

class User extends Model
{
    use Followable;
    ...
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Follow User
$user->follow(1)
$user->follow([1,2,3,4])

// Unfollow User
$user->unfollow(1)
$user->unfollow([1,2,3,4])

// Get Followers
$user->followers()

// Get Followings
$user->followings()

// Check if Follow
$user->isFollowing(1)

// Check if Followed By
$user->isFollowedBy(1)
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Jeroen Herczeg](https://github.com/jeroenherczeg)
- Initialy forked from [Mohammed Isa](https://github.com/mohd-isa)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

Why Dog?
--------

[](#why-dog)

Your dog follows you because it's highly social - has a powerful emotional need for companionship - and knows that you are super-cool. You are the source of all good things in its life: food, walks, rides, treats, toys. Who knows what amazing thing will happen wherever you're going?

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.5% 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 ~7 days

Total

3

Last Release

3543d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.0.1PHP ~5.6|~7.0

0.0.2PHP >=5.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/759412?v=4)[Jeroen Herczeg](/maintainers/jeroenherczeg)[@jeroenherczeg](https://github.com/jeroenherczeg)

---

Top Contributors

[![jeroenherczeg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/759412?v=4)](https://github.com/jeroenherczeg "jeroenherczeg (21 commits)")[![ArtyCake](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5197162?v=4)](https://github.com/ArtyCake "ArtyCake (1 commits)")

---

Tags

dogjeroenherczeg

###  Code Quality

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