Trait for Laravel Eloquent models to allow easy implementation of a 'like' or 'favorite' or 'remember' feature.

#Laravel Likeable Plugin

Trait for Laravel Eloquent models to allow easy implementation of a "like" or "favorite" or "remember" feature.

#Composer Install

composer require rtconner/laravel-likeable

#Then run the migrations

php artisan migrate

#Setup your models

class Article extends \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model {
    use \Conner\Likeable\Likeable;
}

#Sample Usage

$article->like(); // like the article for current user
$article->like($myUserId); // pass in your own user id
$article->like(0); // just add likes to the count, and don't track by user
 
$article->unlike(); // remove like from the article
$article->unlike($myUserId); // pass in your own user id
$article->unlike(0); // remove likes from the count -- does not check for user
 
$article->likeCount; // get count of likes
 
$article->likes; // Iterable Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection of existing likes
 
$article->liked(); // check if currently logged in user liked the article
$article->liked($myUserId);
 
Article::whereLikedBy($myUserId) // find only articles where user liked them
    ->with('likeCounter') // highly suggested to allow eager load
    ->get();

#Credits

• Robert Conner - http://smartersoftware.net