Laravel Banhammer

Laravel Banhammer is a robust, flexible solution for managing model bans (Users, Teams, Organizations, etc.) with support for ban levels, expiration dates, and performance-optimized querying.

Key Features

• Polymorphic: Ban any Eloquent model.
• Time-aware: Support for permanent or temporary bans.
• Tiered Restrictions: Use "levels" to define the severity of the ban.
• Performance First: Includes a denormalization command to keep your queries fast.

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Installation

Install the package via composer:

composer require elegantly/laravel-banhammer

1. Configure Your Models

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="banhammer-config"

In config/banhammer.php, list the models that can be banned:

return [
    'model_ban' => Elegantly\Banhammer\Models\Ban::class,

    'bannables' => [
        \App\Models\User::class,
        \App\Models\Team::class,
    ],
];

2. Migrations

Publish and run the migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="banhammer-migrations"
php artisan migrate

3. Schedule the Denormalizer

This package uses a denormalization strategy to ensure checking a user's ban status doesn't require a heavy database join every time.

Add the command to your routes/console.php:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schedule;
use Elegantly\Banhammer\Commands\DenormalizeBannableCommand;

// This updates the 'is_banned' status on your models based on ban expiration dates
Schedule::command(DenormalizeBannableCommand::class)->everyMinute();

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Usage

Preparing the Model

Implement the BannableContract and use the Bannable trait in any model you wish to restrict:

namespace App\Models;

use Elegantly\Banhammer\Models\Concerns\Bannable;
use Elegantly\Banhammer\Models\Contracts\BannableContract;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements BannableContract
{
    use Bannable;
}

Banning a Model

You can specify the severity (level), the reason, and the duration.

$user = User::find(1);

// Ban indefinitely
$user->ban(
    level: 0,
    reason: "Repeated spamming",
);

// Ban until a specific date (Temporary)
$user->ban(
    level: 1,
    reason: "Cooling off period",
    until: now()->addDays(7)
);

Checking Ban Status

The package provides helpful methods to check if a model is currently restricted.

// Check if currently banned
if ($user->isBanned()) {
    return response()->json(['error' => 'Your account is suspended.'], 403);
}

if ($user->isBanned(1)) { // $user->ban_level >= 1
    // Restricted from specific high-level actions
}

// Check for a specific ban level
if ($user->ban_level === 1) {
    // Restricted from specific high-level actions
}

Unbanning

To lift all bans from a model:

$user->unban();

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Testing

composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.