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Lightning Fast Schedule Management for Laravel

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The Laravel Zap package is a flexible schedule management system with a deep Laravel integration. With Zap, you can create calendar schedules for Eloquent models for things like events, appointments, recurring events, and more:

use Zap\Facades\Zap;
 
// Weekly team meeting
$meeting = Zap::for($user)
->named('Team Standup')
->from('2025-01-01')
->to('2025-12-31')
->addPeriod('09:00', '09:30')
->weekly(['monday', 'wednesday', 'friday'])
->save();

Part of working with schedule management is performing queries to check for model availability, getting the next available slot, dealing with schedule conflicts, etc.:

// Check availability
$available = $user->isAvailableAt('2025-03-15', '14:00', '16:00');
 
// Get available slots
$slots = $user->getAvailableSlots(
date: '2025-03-15',
dayStart: '09:00',
dayEnd: '17:00',
slotDuration: 60
);
 
// Check for conflicts
$conflicts = Zap::findConflicts($schedule);
 
// Get schedules for date
$todaySchedules = $user->schedulesForDate(today());

This package could be ideal for appointment booking systems, meeting room management, employee shift management, and other schedule-based applications.

Main Features

  • Eloquent Integration - User HasMany Schedules with period-based scheduling
  • Business Rules Engine - Configurable validation with Laravel integration
  • Temporal Operations - Carbon-based date/time manipulation with timezone support
  • Smart Conflict Detection - Automatic overlap checking with customizable buffers
  • Recurring Schedules - Support for daily, weekly, monthly, and custom patterns
  • Availability Management - Intelligent time slot generation and conflict resolution
  • Laravel Native - Facades, service providers, events, and configuration
  • Developer Experience - Fluent API, comprehensive testing, and clear documentation

👨‍💻 Check it out on GitHub: ludoguenet/laravel-zap

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