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mrterryh/permissions
====================

Tiny Laravel 4 package for handling user roles and permissions.

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IMPORTANT!
==========

[](#important)

> This package is outdated and no longer maintained. I plan on bringing it back up to date eventually, but until then there are plenty of decent alternatives.

Permissions
===========

[](#permissions)

Tiny Laravel 4 package for handling user roles and permissions.

Installation
============

[](#installation)

Add the following to the require key of your composer.json file:

```
"mrterryh/permissions": "dev-master"

```

Run `$ composer update`.

Navigate to your `config/app.php` file and add `'Mrterryh\Permissions\PermissionsServiceProvider'` to the `$providers` array.

Create the tables by running `$ php artisan migrate package="mrterryh/permissions"`. Ensure that your `users` table exists first.

Navigate to your `models/User.php` file and add the `Mrterryh\Permissions\Can` trait below the class decloration line:

```
class User extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {
    use Mrterryh\Permissions\Can;

```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Create a new role:

```
$role = new \Mrterryh\Permissions\Role();
$role->name = 'Administrator';
$role->save();

```

Create a new permission:

```
$permission = new \Mrterryh\Permissions\Permission();
$permission->name = 'read_articles';
$permission->display_name ='Can read articles';
$permission->save();

```

Attach the permission to the role:

```
$role->allow($permission);

```

Create a user:

```
$user = new User;
$user->role_id = 1;
$user->save();

```

And you're set! To check if a user has a permission:

```
$user = User::find(1);

if ($user->can('read_articles'))
    echo 'The user with the ID of "1" can read articles';

```

To check if the current authenticated user has a permission:

```
if (Auth::user()->can('read_articles'))
    echo 'The current authenticated user can read articles';

```

License
=======

[](#license)

Permissions is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

Thank you!
==========

[](#thank-you)

Thank you for using my package. Should you encouter any problems, please submit them [here](https://github.com/mrterryh/Permissions/issues) and they shall be dealt with promptly.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6ffdd47503f5111c43de3e2ed236cf93974949df49e79418400074476ce99e42?d=identicon)[mrterryh](/maintainers/mrterryh)

---

Top Contributors

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