Laravel Ban simplify management of Eloquent model's ban. Make any model bannable in a minutes!

Use case is not limited to User model, any Eloquent model could be banned: Organizations, Teams, Groups and others.

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
  • Prepare bannable model
  • Prepare bannable model database table
  • Available methods
  • Scopes
  • Events
  • Middleware
  • Scheduling
• Integrations
• Changelog
• Upgrading
• Contributing
• Testing
• Security
• Contributors
• Alternatives
• License
• About CyberCog

• Model can have many bans.
• Removed bans kept in history as soft deleted records.
• Most parts of the logic is handled by the BanService.
• Has middleware to prevent banned user route access.
• Use case is not limited to User model, any Eloquent model could be banned.
• Events firing on models ban and unban.
• Designed to work with Laravel Eloquent models.
• Has Laravel Nova support.
• Using contracts to keep high customization capabilities.
• Using traits to get functionality out of the box.
• Following PHP Standard Recommendations:
  • PSR-1 (Basic Coding Standard).
  • PSR-2 (Coding Style Guide).
  • PSR-4 (Autoloading Standard).
• Covered with unit tests.

First, pull in the package through Composer:

composer require cybercog/laravel-ban

The package will automatically register itself. This step required for Laravel 5.4 or earlier releases only.

Include the service provider within app/config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    Cog\Laravel\Ban\Providers\BanServiceProvider::class,
],

At last, you need to publish and run database migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Cog\Laravel\Ban\Providers\BanServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"
php artisan migrate

use Cog\Contracts\Ban\Bannable as BannableInterface;
use Cog\Laravel\Ban\Traits\Bannable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements BannableInterface
{
    use Bannable;
}

Bannable model must have nullable timestamp column named banned_at. This value used as flag and simplify checks if user was banned. If you are trying to make default Laravel User model to be bannable you can use example below.

php artisan make:migration add_banned_at_column_to_users_table

Then insert the following code into migration file:

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

return new class extends Migration
{
    public function up(): void
    {
        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->timestamp('banned_at')->nullable();
        });
    }

    public function down(): void
    {
        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->dropColumn('banned_at');
        });
    }
};

$user->ban();

$user->ban([
    'comment' => 'Enjoy your ban!',
]);

$user->ban([
    'expired_at' => '2086-03-28 00:00:00',
]);

expired_at attribute could be \Carbon\Carbon instance or any string which could be parsed by \Carbon\Carbon::parse($string) method:

$user->ban([
    'expired_at' => '+1 month',
]);

$user->unban();

On unban all related ban models are soft deletes.

$user->isBanned();

$user->isNotBanned();

app(\Cog\Contracts\Ban\BanService::class)->deleteExpiredBans();

$ban = $user->ban();

$ban->isPermanent(); // true

Or pass null value.

$ban = $user->ban([
   'expired_at' => null,
]);

$ban->isPermanent(); // true

$ban = $user->ban([
   'expired_at' => '2086-03-28 00:00:00',
]);

$ban->isTemporary(); // true

$users = User::withoutBanned()->get();

$users = User::withBanned()->get();

$users = User::onlyBanned()->get();

To apply query scopes all the time you can define shouldApplyBannedAtScope method in bannable model. If method returns true all banned models will be hidden by default.

use Cog\Contracts\Ban\Bannable as BannableInterface;
use Cog\Laravel\Ban\Traits\Bannable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements BannableInterface
{
    use Bannable;
    
    /**
     * Determine if BannedAtScope should be applied by default.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function shouldApplyBannedAtScope()
    {
        return true;
    }
}

If entity is banned \Cog\Laravel\Ban\Events\ModelWasBanned event is fired.

Is entity is unbanned \Cog\Laravel\Ban\Events\ModelWasUnbanned event is fired.

This package has route middleware designed to prevent banned users to go to protected routes.

To use it define new middleware in $routeMiddleware array of app/Http/Kernel.php file:

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    'forbid-banned-user' => \Cog\Laravel\Ban\Http\Middleware\ForbidBannedUser::class,
]

Then use it in any routes and route groups you need to protect:

Route::get('/', [
    'uses' => 'UsersController@profile',
    'middleware' => 'forbid-banned-user',
]);

If you want force logout banned user on protected routes access, use LogsOutBannedUser middleware instead:

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    'logs-out-banned-user' => \Cog\Laravel\Ban\Http\Middleware\LogsOutBannedUser::class,
]

After you have performed the basic installation you can start using the ban:delete-expired command. In most cases you'll want to schedule these command so you don't have to manually run it everytime you need to delete expired bans and unban models.

The command can be scheduled in Laravel's console kernel, just like any other command.

// app/Console/Kernel.php

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
    $schedule->command('ban:delete-expired')->everyMinute();
}

Of course, the time used in the code above is just example. Adjust it to suit your own preferences.

• Laravel Nova Ban

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Please see UPGRADING for detailed upgrade instructions.

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Run the tests with:

vendor/bin/phpunit

If you discover any security related issues, please email open@cybercog.su instead of using the issue tracker.

Anton Komarev	badr aldeen shek salim	Rick Mac Gillis	AnsellC	Joe Archer
Francisco Solis	Jakub Adamec	Ilia Lazarev	ZeoKnight

Laravel Ban contributors list

• https://github.com/imanghafoori1/laravel-temp-tag

• Laravel Ban package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License by Anton Komarev.
• Fat Boss In Jail image licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 by Gan Khoon Lay.

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