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marufsharia/laravel-friendships
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This package gives Eloquent models the ability to manage their friendships.

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Laravel 8 Friendships
=====================

[](#laravel-8-friendships)

This package gives Eloquent models the ability to manage their friendships. You can easily design a Facebook like Friend System.

Models can:
-----------

[](#models-can)

- Send Friend Requests
- Accept Friend Requests
- Deny Friend Requests
- Block Another Model
- Group Friends

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

[](#installation)

First, install the package through Composer.

```
composer require marufsharia/laravel-friendships
```

If you are using Laravel < 5.5, you need to add Marufsharia\\Friendships\\FriendshipsServiceProvider to your `config/app.php` providers array:

```
Marufsharia\Friendships\FriendshipsServiceProvider::class,
```

Publish config and migrations

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Marufsharia\Friendships\FriendshipsServiceProvider"

```

Configure the published config in

```
config\friendships.php

```

Finally, migrate the database

```
php artisan migrate

```

Setup a Model
-------------

[](#setup-a-model)

```
use Marufsharia\Friendships\Traits\Friendable;
class User extends Model
{
    use Friendable;
    ...
}
```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

[Check the Test file to see the package in action](https://github.com/marufsharia/laravel-friendships/blob/master/tests/FriendshipsTest.php)

#### Send a Friend Request

[](#send-a-friend-request)

```
$user->befriend($recipient);
```

#### Accept a Friend Request

[](#accept-a-friend-request)

```
$user->acceptFriendRequest($sender);
```

#### Deny a Friend Request

[](#deny-a-friend-request)

```
$user->denyFriendRequest($sender);
```

#### Remove Friend

[](#remove-friend)

```
$user->unfriend($friend);
```

#### Block a Model

[](#block-a-model)

```
$user->blockFriend($friend);
```

#### Unblock a Model

[](#unblock-a-model)

```
$user->unblockFriend($friend);
```

#### Check if Model is Friend with another Model

[](#check-if-model-is-friend-with-another-model)

```
$user->isFriendWith($friend);
```

#### Check if Model has a pending friend request from another Model

[](#check-if-model-has-a-pending-friend-request-from-another-model)

```
$user->hasFriendRequestFrom($sender);
```

#### Check if Model has already sent a friend request to another Model

[](#check-if-model-has-already-sent-a-friend-request-to-another-model)

```
$user->hasSentFriendRequestTo($recipient);
```

#### Check if Model has blocked another Model

[](#check-if-model-has-blocked-another-model)

```
$user->hasBlocked($friend);
```

#### Check if Model is blocked by another Model

[](#check-if-model-is-blocked-by-another-model)

```
$user->isBlockedBy($friend);
```

#### Get a single friendship

[](#get-a-single-friendship)

```
$user->getFriendship($friend);
```

#### Get a list of all Friendships

[](#get-a-list-of-all-friendships)

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

#### Get a list of pending Friendships

[](#get-a-list-of-pending-friendships)

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

#### Get a list of accepted Friendships

[](#get-a-list-of-accepted-friendships)

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

#### Get a list of denied Friendships

[](#get-a-list-of-denied-friendships)

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

#### Get a list of blocked Friendships

[](#get-a-list-of-blocked-friendships)

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

#### Get a list of pending Friend Requests

[](#get-a-list-of-pending-friend-requests)

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

#### Get the number of Friends

[](#get-the-number-of-friends)

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

#### Get the number of Pendings

[](#get-the-number-of-pendings)

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

#### Get the number of mutual Friends with another user

[](#get-the-number-of-mutual-friends-with-another-user)

```
$user->getMutualFriendsCount($otherUser);
```

Friends
-------

[](#friends)

To get a collection of friend models (ex. User) use the following methods:

#### Get Friends

[](#get-friends)

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

#### Get Friends Paginated

[](#get-friends-paginated)

```
$user->getFriends($perPage = 20);
```

#### Get Friends of Friends

[](#get-friends-of-friends)

```
$user->getFriendsOfFriends($perPage = 20);
```

#### Collection of Friends in specific group paginated:

[](#collection-of-friends-in-specific-group-paginated)

```
$user->getFriends($perPage = 20, $group_name);
```

#### Get mutual Friends with another user

[](#get-mutual-friends-with-another-user)

```
$user->getMutualFriends($otherUser, $perPage = 20);
```

Friend groups
-------------

[](#friend-groups)

The friend groups are defined in the `config/friendships.php` file. The package comes with a few default groups. To modify them, or add your own, you need to specify a `slug` and a `key`.

```
// config/friendships.php
...
'groups' => [
    'acquaintances' => 0,
    'close_friends' => 1,
    'family' => 2
]
```

Since you've configured friend groups, you can group/ungroup friends using the following methods.

#### Group a Friend

[](#group-a-friend)

```
$user->groupFriend($friend, $group_name);
```

#### Remove a Friend from family group

[](#remove-a-friend-from-family-group)

```
$user->ungroupFriend($friend, 'family');
```

#### Remove a Friend from all groups

[](#remove-a-friend-from-all-groups)

```
$user->ungroupFriend($friend);
```

#### Get the number of Friends in specific group

[](#get-the-number-of-friends-in-specific-group)

```
$user->getFriendsCount($group_name);
```

### To filter `friendships` by group you can pass a group slug.

[](#to-filter-friendships-by-group-you-can-pass-a-group-slug)

```
$user->getAllFriendships($group_name);
$user->getAcceptedFriendships($group_name);
$user->getPendingFriendships($group_name);
...
```

Events
------

[](#events)

This is the list of the events fired by default for each action

Event nameFiredfriendships.sentWhen a friend request is sentfriendships.acceptedWhen a friend request is acceptedfriendships.deniedWhen a friend request is deniedfriendships.blockedWhen a friend is blockedfriendships.unblockedWhen a friend is unblockedfriendships.cancelledWhen a friendship is cancelled

###  Health Score

15

—

LowBetter than 3% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity26

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**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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