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maurohmartinez/impersonate-users-backpack-laravel
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A simple package that adds the impersonate operation for admins

1.1.7(7mo ago)1110.1k—1.9%4MITPHPPHP ^8.0

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Impersonate users with Backpack for Laravel
===========================================

[](#impersonate-users-with-backpack-for-laravel)

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This is a simple package to allow admins impersonate users.

[![alt text](https://github.com/maurohmartinez/impersonate-users-backpack-laravel/raw/main/src/sample.gif?raw=true)](https://github.com/maurohmartinez/impersonate-users-backpack-laravel/blob/main/src/sample.gif?raw=true)

Install
-------

[](#install)

In your terminal:

```
# install the package
composer require maurohmartinez/impersonate-users-backpack-laravel
```

In case you want/need to publish files to further customize this package:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MHMartinez\ImpersonateUser\app\Providers\ImpersonateUserServiceProvider"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1- Add in your `UserCrudController`.

```
use \MHMartinez\ImpersonateUser\app\Http\Controllers\Operations\ImpersonateUserOperation;
```

This will add a button for List and Show Operations to impersonate users.

2- Next step is to handle the logic to indicate which admins have permission to impersonate others, or can be impersonated. You just need to modify a bit your `User Model` to implement the interface `ImpersonateInterface` like this:

```
class User extends Authenticatable implements ImpersonateInterface
```

And then add the following two methods in your `User Model`:

```
/**
 * If you use Laravel-Backpack/PermissionManager you can do like this.
 * But you can also add any logic you need.
*/
public function canImpersonateOthers(): bool
{
    return $this->can('permission_to_impersonate'); // or replace "permission_to_impersonate" with the right permission
}
/**
 * Following the same example, you can deny admins from impersonating super admins.
*/
public function canBeImpersonated(): bool
{
    return !$this->hasRole('superadmin'); // or replace "superadmin" with the right permission
}
```

3- Now, you just need to add the button to exit impersonating (no worries, it will only show up when needed). For example, you can add the button in `topbar_right_content.blade.php` like this:

```
@include('impersonate_user::exit_impersonated')
```

4- Important — If you want to impersonate non-admin users you will need to skip the backpack middleware that determines if the user is admin. This is because this operation will need to allow your impersonated non-admin user to use a backpack route to log you back. How to do it?

- Publish the config file if you haven't done so (described here, above step one).

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="MHMartinez\ImpersonateUser\app\Providers\ImpersonateUserServiceProvider" --tag=config
```

- Add the middleware classname like it follows, and you will be good to go:

```
return [
    'session_key' => 'impersonating_user',
    'base_guard' => 'backpack',
    'admin_middleware' => Path\To\Middleware\IsAdmin::class,
    'skip_middlewares' => [],
];
```

This will allow this operation to skip that middleware when logging out impersonated non-admin users.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Mauro Martinez](https://inspiredpulse.com/) Developer
- [Cristian Tabacitu](https://tabacitu.ro/) For creating [Backpack for Laravel](https://backpackforlaravel.com/)!

###  Health Score

47

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance65

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~56 days

Recently: every ~75 days

Total

23

Last Release

211d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.3|^8.0

1.1.1PHP ^8.0

### Community

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