Simple Spatie Laravel Permission Integration in Laravel 9.*

Here is a steps on how to use spatie/laravel-permission with Laravel 9.*:

1. Installation: Open the terminal and navigate to the Laravel project's root directory.

   • Run the following command to install spatie/laravel-permission:

   composer require spatie/laravel-permission
   

2. Configuration

   • Run the following command to publish the migration and config files:

   php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Permission\PermissionServiceProvider"
   

   • Run the following command to migrate the database: php artisan migrate

3. Model setup:

   • In the User model, add the following line to use the HasRoles trait provided by the package:

   use Spatie\Permission\Traits\HasRoles;
   class User extends Authenticatable{
       use HasRoles;
   ...
   }
   

4. Creating Roles and Permissions: In the application code, roles and permissions can be created using the following code:

   use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;
   use Spatie\Permission\Models\Permission;
   $role = Role::create(['name' => 'writer']);
   $permission = Permission::create(['name' => 'edit articles']);
   
   $role->givePermissionTo($permission);
   

5. Assigning Roles and Permissions to Users:

   • Roles and permissions can be assigned to users using the following code:

   $user->assignRole('writer');
   $user->givePermissionTo('edit articles');
   

6. Checking Permissions:

   • it can be checked if a user has a specific permission using the following code:

   if ($user->can('edit articles')) {
       // User has permission
   }
   

7. Middleware:

   • The authorize middleware can be used to check if a user has the required permission to access a specific resource.
   • To add the middleware, add the following code to the app/Http/Kernel.php file:

   protected $routeMiddleware = [
       ...
       'permission' => \Spatie\Permission\Middlewares\PermissionMiddleware::class,
   ];
   

   • Then can be added the middleware to the routes as follows:

   Route::get('/edit', function () {
       //
   })->middleware('permission:edit articles');
   

That's it! Now we have a basic understanding of how to use spatie/laravel-permission with Laravel 9.*. More information and advanced usage examples in the package documentation can be found on their website.