Basic Usage

##Add The Trait

First, add the Spatie\Permission\Traits\HasRoles trait to your User model(s):

use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Spatie\Permission\Traits\HasRoles;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasRoles;

    // ...
}

##Create A Permission

This package allows for users to be associated with permissions and roles. Every role is associated with multiple permissions. A Role and a Permission are regular Eloquent models. They require a name and can be created like this:

use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;
use Spatie\Permission\Models\Permission;

$role = Role::create(['name' => 'writer']);
$permission = Permission::create(['name' => 'edit articles']);

##Assign A Permission To A Role

A permission can be assigned to a role using either of these methods:

$role->givePermissionTo($permission);
$permission->assignRole($role);

##Sync Permissions To A Role

Multiple permissions can be synced to a role using either of these methods:

$role->syncPermissions($permissions);
$permission->syncRoles($roles);

##Remove Permission From A Role

A permission can be removed from a role using either of these methods:

$role->revokePermissionTo($permission);
$permission->removeRole($role);

##Guard Name

If you're using multiple guards then the guard_name attribute must be set as well. Read about it in the using multiple guards section of the readme.

##Get Permissions For A User

The HasRoles trait adds Eloquent relationships to your models, which can be accessed directly or used as a base query:

// get a list of all permissions directly assigned to the user
$permissionNames = $user->getPermissionNames(); // collection of name strings
$permissions = $user->permissions; // collection of permission objects

// get all permissions for the user, either directly, or from roles, or from both
$permissions = $user->getDirectPermissions();
$permissions = $user->getPermissionsViaRoles();
$permissions = $user->getAllPermissions();

// get the names of the user's roles
$roles = $user->getRoleNames(); // Returns a collection

##Scopes

The HasRoles trait also adds a role scope to your models to scope the query to certain roles or permissions:

$users = User::role('writer')->get(); // Returns only users with the role 'writer'

The role scope can accept a string, a \Spatie\Permission\Models\Role object or an \Illuminate\Support\Collection object.

The same trait also adds a scope to only get users that have a certain permission.

$users = User::permission('edit articles')->get(); // Returns only users with the permission 'edit articles' (inherited or directly)

The scope can accept a string, a \Spatie\Permission\Models\Permission object or an \Illuminate\Support\Collection object.

##Eloquent Calls

Since Role and Permission models are extended from Eloquent models, basic Eloquent calls can be used as well:

$all_users_with_all_their_roles = User::with('roles')->get();
$all_users_with_all_their_direct_permissions = User::with('permissions')->get();
$all_roles_in_database = Role::all()->pluck('name');
$users_without_any_roles = User::doesntHave('roles')->get();
$all_roles_except_a_and_b = Role::whereNotIn('name', ['role A', 'role B'])->get();

##Counting Users Having A Role

One way to count all users who have a certain role is by filtering the collection of all Users with their Roles:

$superAdminCount = User::with('roles')->get()->filter(
    fn ($user) => $user->roles->where('name', 'Super Admin')->toArray()
)->count();