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juliobitencourt/laravel-cart
============================

A lightweight PHP Shopping Cart for Laravel 5.

v1.0.1(10y ago)381.3k13[4 issues](https://github.com/juliobitencourt/laravel-cart/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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A lightweight PHP Shopping Cart for Laravel 5.
==============================================

[](#a-lightweight-php-shopping-cart-for-laravel-5)

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

[](#installation)

### With Composer

[](#with-composer)

```
$ composer require juliobitencourt/laravel-cart

```

```
{
    "require": {
        "juliobitencourt/laravel-cart": "1.0.*"
    }
}
```

Add the service provider to your app/config/app.php in the service providers array

```
'JulioBitencourt\Cart\CartServiceProvider',
```

Publish the resources

```
php artisan vendor:publish
```

Check the config/laravel-cart.php file. The storage-driver config can have the values Session (default) or Database.

In case you use Database as the storage driver you have to run the migrations

```
php artisan migrate

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Inject the class into the constructor.

[](#inject-the-class-into-the-constructor)

```
use JulioBitencourt\Cart\Cart;

class CartController extends Controller {

	protected $cart;

	public function __construct(Cart $cart)
	{
		$this->cart = $cart;
	}
```

### Insert a new Item to the cart.

[](#insert-a-new-item-to-the-cart)

If you insert an item with the same SKU twice, the item quantity will be updated.

```
$item = [
	'sku' => '123456',
	'description' => 'PlayStation 4',
	'price' => 300,
	'quantity' => 1
];

$result = $this->cart->insert($item);
```

### Insert a Child Item.

[](#insert-a-child-item)

```
$item = [
	'sku' => '111111',
	'description' => '2 Year Protection',
	'price' => 30.50,
	'quantity' => 1
];

$result = $this->cart->insertChild($parentId, $item);
```

### Update an item

[](#update-an-item)

If you update an item with 0 quantity, it will be removed from the cart's list of items

```
$result = $this->cart->update($id, $quantity);
```

### Remove an item

[](#remove-an-item)

```
$this->cart->delete($id);
```

### Destroy the cart

[](#destroy-the-cart)

```
$this->cart->destroy();
```

### Checking if the cart is empty

[](#checking-if-the-cart-is-empty)

```
$this->cart->isEmpty(); // Returns true or false
```

### Returning an array with the list of items

[](#returning-an-array-with-the-list-of-items)

```
$this->cart->all();
```

### Count the total of items

[](#count-the-total-of-items)

```
$this->cart->totalItems();
```

### Sum the cart total price

[](#sum-the-cart-total-price)

```
$this->cart->total();
```

### Identify the cart with the e-mail.

[](#identify-the-cart-with-the-e-mail)

This is useful if you want to implement abandoned cart recovery.

```
$this->cart->setEmail($email)
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~120 days

Total

2

Last Release

3873d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

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