Follow

User follow system for Laravel 4.

Installation

Add the following line to your composer.json's require array.

"hkan/follow": "dev-master"

Migrate to database

php artisan migrate --package="hkan/follow"

Copy the following line to the providers array of app/config/app.php

'Hkan\Follow\FollowServiceProvider'

Add the trait to your User model.

use \Hkan\Follow\Traits\FollowTrait;

Usage

Follow and unfollow users

$user->follow($prettyGirl)
$user->unfollow($belieberGirl)

Check if following or being followed by someone

$user->isFollowing($someDude)
$user->isFollowedBy($creepyDude)

Followers and followings relations

$user->followers()
$user->followings()

$user->follower_count // Shortcut for $user->followers()->count()
$user->following_count // Shortcut for $user->followings()->count()

Bonus: Most followed user(s)

User::mostFollowed()->first() // Most followed user
User::mostFollowed()->take(10)->get() // Most followed 10 users