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laracomponents/impersonation
============================

Impersonating user for Laravel application.

v1.0.1(9y ago)21.0kMITPHPPHP >=5.6.4

Since Jan 26Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Impersonation for Laravel
=========================

[](#impersonation-for-laravel)

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Impersonating user for Laravel application.

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

[](#installation)

You can install this package via composer using this command:

```
composer require laracomponents/impersonation
```

Next, you must add the Impersonable trait to the user model:

```
use LaraComponents\Impersonation\Traits\Impersonable;

class User
{
    use Impersonable;
    ...

    /**
     * Optional method
     * Default return the "impersonate_id"
    **/
    public function getImpersonatingKey()
    {
        return 'your session key here';
    }
}
```

Open App/Http/Kernal.php and add middleware to web middleware group:

```
    protected $middlewareGroups = [
        'web' => [
            ...
            \LaraComponents\Impersonation\Middleware\CheckForImpersonating::class,
        ],
        ...
    ];
```

And finally you should add a routes to routes/web.php. Example:

```
Route::get('users/{id}/impersonate', function ($id) {
    $user = \App\User::findOrFail($id);

    if(! $user->isImpersonating()) {
        $user->impersonate();
    }

    return redirect('/');
});

Route::get('users/unimpersonate', function () {
    $user = \Auth::user();

    if($user->isImpersonating()) {
        $user->unimpersonate();
    }

    return redirect('/');
});
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

You can run the tests with:

```
vendor/bin/phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](https://github.com/LaraComponents/impersonation/blob/master/LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3389d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

laravelimpersonateUser management

###  Code Quality

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