Laravel Exchange Rate

Laravel Exchange Rate Package Allows to convert money from one currency to another using latest exchange rate on market

Supported Providers

• Exchangerates
• European Central Bank
• ExchangeRate-API
• OpenExchangeRates
• CurrencyLayer
• CurrencyConverterAPI

Installation

composer require norbybaru/exchange-rate

Publish Config config/exchange-rate.php

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="exchange-rate-config"

Publish Migrations

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="exchange-rate-migration"

Run Migration

php artisan migrate

Usage

Update exchange rate to get latest rate on the market. Run below command to get latest exchange rate

php artisan exchange-rate:update

It is recommended to run this command as a cron job to update exchange rates daily. For more information, see Laravel Scheduler

• Get Rate

<?php
use NorbyBaru\ExchangeRate\Facades\Exchange;

$rate = Exchange::rate("USD");

• Convert Currency

<?php

use NorbyBaru\ExchangeRate\Facades\Exchange;

$money = Exchange::convert(5000, 'USD', 'ZAR');