Today now in this example, I will show you that how to apply favorite system in our laravel 8 application. Now here we will do this by using laravel-follow package to apply favorite system in our laravel 8 application. Here we will see Laravel Favorite System Example .
Here we will create a post table with dummy record, to insert dummy record we will create post seeder.
Just need to follow below step to perform favorite system in your laravel 8 application:
Step 1: Install Laravel 8
Now we will create laravel 8 fresh application.
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel Favorite
Step 2: Install Package
Now we need to install laravel-follow package for our Favorite system, that way we can use it’s method. So now Open your terminal and run bellow command.
composer require overtrue/laravel-follow -vvv
So now open config/app.php file and add service provider.
config/app.php
'providers' => [
....
Overtrue\LaravelFollow\FollowServiceProvider::class,
]Publish Assets
After that we need to run migration configure file that we it will automatic generate migrations. So let’s run it.
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Overtrue\LaravelFollow\FollowServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"
Now just need to migrate it by using following command:
php artisan migrate
Step 3: Create Posts Table
php artisan make:migration create_posts_table
So now add ‘title’ field on posts table:
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreatePostsTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->string('title');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('posts');
}
}
Now after this we need to create model for posts table by following path
App/Post.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Overtrue\LaravelFollow\Traits\CanBeFavorited;
class Post extends Model
{
use CanBeFavorited;
protected $fillable = ['title'];
}Step 4: Create Dummy Posts Seeder
Now we require to create some dummy posts data on database table for testing. So create laravel seed by using bellow command:
php artisan make:seeder CreateDummyPost
Now let’s update CreateDummyPost seeds like as bellow:
database/seeds/CreateDummyPost.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use App\Post;
class CreateDummyPost extends Seeder
{
/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* @return void
*/
public function run()
{
$posts = ['ItSolutionStuff.com', 'Webprofile.me', 'HDTuto.com', 'Nicesnippets.com'];
foreach ($posts as $key => $value) {
Post::create(['title'=>$value]);
}
}
}Now here we need to update our User model. So we need to use CanFavorite facade in User model. So let’s update as bellow code.
App/User.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Overtrue\LaravelFollow\Traits\CanFavorite;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use Notifiable;
use CanFavorite;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'email', 'password',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be cast to native types.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $casts = [
'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];
}
Step 5: Create Routes
routes/web.php
Add below two routes in your web.php file like :
Route::get('posts', 'HomeController@posts')->name('posts');
Route::post('ajaxRequest', 'HomeController@ajaxRequest')->name('ajaxRequest');Now in your HomeController, we will add two new method posts() and ajaxRequest(). so let’s see HomeController look like as bellow:
app/Http/HomeController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Post;
use App\User;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
/**
* Show the application dashboard.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable
*/
public function index()
{
return view('home');
}
/**
* Show the application dashboard.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function posts()
{
$posts = Post::get();
return view('posts', compact('posts'));
}
/**
* Show the application dashboard.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function ajaxRequest(Request $request){
$post = Post::find($request->id);
$response = auth()->user()->toggleFavorite($post);
return response()->json(['success'=>$response]);
}
}Step 6: Create Blade files and CSS File
Now in this step i will create posts.blade.php file and custom.css file. So let’s create both files.
resources/views/posts.blade.php
@extends('layouts.app')
@section('content')
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}" />
<link href="{{ asset('css/custom.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">
<div class="container" style="background-color: pink">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="card">
<div class="text-center" style="color: red;"><h3>Laravel Favorite System Example</h3></div>
<div class="card-body">
@if($posts->count())
@foreach($posts as $post)
<article class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3">
<div class="panel panel-info" data-id="{{ $post->id }}">
<div class="panel-body">
<a href="https://itsolutionstuff.com/upload/itsolutionstuff.png" title="Nature Portfolio" data-title="Amazing Nature" data-footer="The beauty of nature" data-type="image" data-toggle="lightbox">
<img src="https://itsolutionstuff.com/upload/itsolutionstuff.png" alt="Nature Portfolio" />
<span class="overlay"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></span>
</a>
</div>
<div class="panel-footer">
<h4><a href="#" title="Nature Portfolio">{{ $post->title }}</a></h4>
<span class="pull-right">
<span class="like-btn">
<i id="like{{$post->id}}" class="glyphicon glyphicon-heart {{ $post->favoriters()->count() > 0 ? 'like-post' : '' }}"></i>
</span>
</span>
</div>
</div>
</article>
@endforeach
@endif
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$.ajaxSetup({
headers: {
'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
}
});
$('i.glyphicon-heart, i.glyphicon-heart-empty').click(function(){
var id = $(this).parents(".panel").data('id');
var cObjId = this.id;
var cObj = $(this);
$.ajax({
type:'POST',
url:'/ajaxRequest',
data:{id:id},
success:function(data){
if(jQuery.isEmptyObject(data.success.attached)){
$(cObj).removeClass("like-post");
}else{
$(cObj).addClass("like-post");
}
}
});
});
$(document).delegate('*[data-toggle="lightbox"]', 'click', function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
$(this).ekkoLightbox();
});
});
</script>
@endsectionpublis/css/custom.css
.panel {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
display: block;
border-radius: 0 !important;
}
.panel-body {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
padding: 15px 8px;
float: left;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
cursor: default;
}
.panel-body .overlay {
position: absolute;
overflow: hidden;
width: 80%;
height: 80%;
left: 10%;
top: 10%;
border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
border-top: 1px solid #FFF;
-webkit-transition: opacity 0.35s, -webkit-transform 0.35s;
transition: opacity 0.35s, transform 0.35s;
-webkit-transform: scale(0,1);
-ms-transform: scale(0,1);
transform: scale(0,1);
}
.panel-body .overlay i{
opacity: 0;
}
.panel-body a:hover .overlay {
opacity: 1;
filter: alpha(opacity=100);
-webkit-transform: scale(1);
-ms-transform: scale(1);
transform: scale(1);
}
.panel-body a:hover img {
filter: brightness(0.6);
-webkit-filter: brightness(0.6);
}
.like-btn{
background: #3399ff none repeat scroll 0 0;
border-radius: 3px;
color: white;
padding: 7px 3px 3px 7px;
margin-right: 5px;
margin-top: -5px;
}
.like-btn i,.dislike-btn i{
color: white;
}
.dislike-btn{
background: #FA4E69 none repeat scroll 0 0;
border-radius: 3px;
color: white;
padding: 7px 5px 3px 3px;
margin-top: -5px;
}
h2 {
padding: 15px;
font-family: calibri;
display: inline-block;
}
.panel .panel-body a {
overflow: hidden;
}
.panel .panel-body a img {
display: block;
margin: 0;
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
.panel .panel-body a:hover span.overlay {
display: block;
visibility: visible;
opacity: 0.55;
-moz-opacity: 0.55;
-webkit-opacity: 0.55;
}
.panel .panel-body a:hover span.overlay i {
position: absolute;
top: 45%;
left: 0%;
width: 100%;
font-size: 2.25em;
color: #fff !important;
text-align: center;
opacity: 1;
-moz-opacity: 1;
-webkit-opacity: 1;
}
.panel .panel-footer {
padding: 8px !important;
background-color: #f9f9f9 !important;
border:0px;
}
.panel .panel-footer h4 {
display: inline;
font: 400 normal 1.125em "Roboto",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
color: #34495e margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
font-size: 12px;
}
.panel .panel-footer h4 a{
padding: 4px 7px;
text-decoration: none;
}
.panel .panel-footer h4 a:hover{
background-color: #69a8d4;
color: white;
border-radius: 2px;
transition: all 0.4s;
}
.panel .panel-footer i.glyphicon {
display: inline;
font-size: 1.125em;
cursor: pointer;
padding-right: 7px;
}
.panel .panel-footer i.glyphicon-thumbs-down {
color: #e74c3c;
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;
}
.panel .panel-footer div {
width: 15px;
display: inline;
font: 300 normal 1.125em "Roboto",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;
color: white !important;
text-align: center;
background-color: transparent !important;
border: none !important;
}
.like-post{
color: #e21309 !important;
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