This Seeder class allows you to manage Roles & Permissions for the Laravel Entrust package.
Relationships between users, roles and permissions will automatically be updated when you make changes to the roles & permissions in the seeder class. To use, just add the class to your /database/seeds directory.
class RolesAndPermissionsSeeder extends Seeder {
protected $roles = [
'admin' => [
'display_name' => 'Administrator', // optional
'description' => 'administer the website and manage users', // optional
'permissions' => ['edit_others_posts','can_add_users', 'edit_own_posts'] // optional
],
'editor' => [
'permissions' => ['edit_own_posts']
],
'member' => []
];
protected $permissions = [
'edit_others_posts' => [
'display_name' => 'Edit Other\'s Posts', // optional
'description' => 'edit other users posts', // optional
],
'can_add_users' => [],
'edit_own_posts' => []
];
...php artisan db:seed --class=RolesAndPermissionsSeederYou'll get the following output..
Creating/updating the 'admin' role
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-> Created admin role
-> Attached 3 permissions to admin role
Creating/updating the 'editor' role
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-> Created editor role
-> Attached 1 permissions to editor role
Creating/updating the 'member' role
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-> Created member role
-> Attached 0 permissions to member role
Cleaning up roles & permissions:
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-> DoneWhen you update your roles & permissions here, the changes will be reflected in the database after running the seed. User and Permission relationships will be updated.
