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Laravel attachmentable package

A package for attachment files to models

Installation

1. Run the command below to add this package:

composer require laravelir/attachmentable

2. Open your config/attachmentable.php and add the following to the providers array:

Laravelir\Attachmentable\Providers\AttachmentableServiceProvider::class,

3. Run the command below to install package:

php artisan attachmentable:install

4. Run the command below to migrate database:

php artisan migrate

Uses

First add Attachmentable trait to models that you want have attachments

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Laravelir\Attachmentable\Traits\Attachmentable;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasFactory,
        Attachmentable;
}

and add Attachmentorable trait to User models

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Laravelir\Attachmentable\Traits\Attachmentorable;

class User extends Model
{
    use HasFactory,
        Attachmentorable;
}

Methods

in controllers, with Attachmentable trait you have these methods:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\Post;

class PostController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $file = request()->file('thumbnail');
        
        $post = Post::find(1);

        $post->attach($file, "posts/thumbnails");

        $post->attachments // return all attachments

        $post->attachment($id); // return attachment 
               
        $post->detach($id);
        
        $post->clearAttachments();
       
    }
}