This package is outdated and no longer maintained.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.
Tiny Laravel 4 package for handling user roles and permissions.
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;
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';
Permissions is licensed under the MIT license.
Thank you for using my package. Should you encouter any problems, please submit them here and they shall be dealt with promptly.