Laravel Settings

A flexible and powerful settings management package for Laravel applications. Store and retrieve settings using an Eloquent-like syntax with support for multiple storage drivers and multilingual values.

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Features

• Simple, expressive Eloquent-like syntax (where, groupBy, sort, search, ...)
• Supports multiple data types: arrays, strings, nested objects
• Supports multiple storage drivers: database, file, redis, cache, session
• Multilingual / localization support
• Blade directives for easy use in views
• CRUD operations: save, create, update, delete

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Requirements

• PHP >= 8.1
• Laravel >= 10.x

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Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require laravel-settings/settings

Publish Migrations

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="LaravelSettings\Settings\Providers\SettingsServiceProvider" --tag="settings-migrations"

Publish Config

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="LaravelSettings\Settings\Providers\SettingsServiceProvider" --tag="settings-config"

Run Migrations

php artisan migrate

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Configuration

After publishing, open config/settings.php to choose your preferred driver:

'driver' => env('SETTINGS_DRIVER', 'database'),

Supported drivers: database, file, redis, cache, session

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Basic Usage

Save Settings

setting('website')->save([
    'name'  => 'My Website',
    'email' => 'admin@example.com',
]);

Retrieve Settings

echo setting('website')->name;   // My Website
echo setting('website')->email;  // admin@example.com

Create

setting('website')->create(['name' => 'My Website']);

Update a Specific Field

setting('website')->update('name', 'New Name');

echo setting('website')->name; // New Name

Delete

setting('website')->delete();

setting('website')->name; // null

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Nested Data

Store and access deeply nested values using dot notation:

setting('access')->save([
    'roles' => [
        'owner' => [
            'title' => 'Administrator',
            'users' => ['create', 'update'],
        ],
    ],
]);

// Access nested values as objects
echo setting('access')->roles->owner->title; // Administrator

// Update a deeply nested value using dot notation
setting('access')->update('roles.owner.title', 'Super Admin');

echo setting('access')->roles->owner->title; // Super Admin

// Update a nested array
setting('access')->update('roles.owner.users', ['show', 'edit']);

setting('access')->roles->owner->users->toArray(); // ['show', 'edit']

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Working with Lists

Store and manipulate a list of items:

setting('items')->save([
    ['title' => 'C Title', 'price' => 30],
    ['title' => 'A Title', 'price' => 10],
    ['title' => 'B Title', 'price' => 20],
]);

// Get the first and last item
setting('items')->first()->title; // C Title
setting('items')->last()->title;  // B Title

// Iterate over items
setting('items')->each(function ($item, $index) {
    echo $item->title;
});

// Get all as array
setting('items')->get();
setting('items')->toArray();

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Eloquent-like Methods

sort()

Sort items by any field, ascending or descending:

setting('items')->sort('title', 'asc');
setting('items')->toArray();
// titles: ['A Title', 'B Title', 'C Title']

setting('items')->sort('title', 'desc');
setting('items')->toArray();
// titles: ['C Title', 'B Title', 'A Title']

groupBy()

Group items by a shared key:

setting('schedule')->save([
    ['room_id' => 1, 'day' => 'Monday',  'time' => '09:00'],
    ['room_id' => 2, 'day' => 'Monday',  'time' => '09:00'],
    ['room_id' => 1, 'day' => 'Tuesday', 'time' => '10:00'],
    ['room_id' => 2, 'day' => 'Tuesday', 'time' => '11:00'],
]);

$groups = setting('schedule')->groupBy('room_id');

count($groups[1]); // 2  (Monday + Tuesday for room 1)
count($groups[2]); // 2  (Monday + Tuesday for room 2)

where()

Filter nested items by a key/value pair:

setting('staff')->save([
    'roles' => [
        'owner_one'   => ['admin' => 'Ahmed', 'title' => 'Title One'],
        'owner_two'   => ['admin' => 'Ali',   'title' => 'Title Two'],
        'owner_three' => ['admin' => 'Ahmed', 'title' => 'Title Three'],
    ],
]);

$result = setting('staff')->where('admin', 'Ahmed');

// Returns only items where admin === 'Ahmed'
// { owner_one: {...}, owner_three: {...} }

echo $result->owner_one->title;   // Title One
echo $result->owner_three->title; // Title Three

search()

Search nested keys by a partial string match:

setting('roles')->save([
    'roles' => [
        'owner_one'   => ['title' => 'Title One',   'des' => 'des one'],
        'owner_two'   => ['title' => 'Title Two',   'des' => 'des two'],
        'owner_three' => ['title' => 'Title Three', 'des' => 'des three'],
        'editor'      => ['title' => 'Editor',      'des' => 'can edit'],
    ],
]);

$result = setting('roles')->search('owner');

// Returns all keys that contain 'owner'
// { owner_one: {...}, owner_two: {...}, owner_three: {...} }

echo $result->owner_two->title; // Title Two

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Multilingual Support

Store values in multiple locales and retrieve them by locale:

setting('website')->save([
    'name'  => ['ar' => 'اسم الموقع', 'en' => 'Website Name'],
    'email' => ['ar' => 'البريد',     'en' => 'Email'],
]);

// Access a specific locale directly
echo setting('website')->name; // اسم الموقع
echo setting('website')->name; // Website Name

Pass a locale as the second argument to resolve values automatically:

setting('website', 'ar')->first()->name; // اسم الموقع
setting('website', 'en')->first()->name; // Website Name

Works the same with lists of items:

setting('items')->save([
    [
        'name'  => ['ar' => 'مرحبا', 'en' => 'Hello'],
        'email' => ['ar' => 'البريد', 'en' => 'Email'],
    ],
]);

$firstAr = setting('items', 'ar')->first();
echo $firstAr->name; // مرحبا

$firstEn = setting('items', 'en')->first();
echo $firstEn->name; // Hello

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Blade Directives

@setting

Output a single field value:

{{-- Simple field --}}
@setting('website', 'name')

{{-- Nested field using dot notation --}}
@setting('website', 'roles.owner.title')

{{-- Localized field --}}
@setting('website', 'name.ar')

@eachSetting / @endEachSetting

Loop over a list of settings. The default variable is $item if no alias is provided:

{{-- Default variable: $item --}}
@eachSetting('items')
    <div>{{ $item->name }} - {{ $item->email }}</div>
@endEachSetting

{{-- Custom variable alias --}}
@eachSetting('items' as $product)
    <div>{{ $product->name }} - {{ $product->email }}</div>
@endEachSetting

{{-- Loop over a nested key using dot notation --}}
@eachSetting('language_items.admins' as $admin)
    <div>{{ $admin->name }} - {{ $admin->email }}</div>
@endEachSetting

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File / Image Storage

// Store uploaded file and save its path
$path = $request->file('logo')->store('website', 'public');

setting('website')->save(['logo_path' => $path]);

// Retrieve the stored path
echo setting('website')->logo_path; // website/logo.png

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Available Drivers

Driver	Description
database	Stores settings in a database table (default)
file	Stores settings as JSON files
redis	Stores settings in Redis
cache	Stores settings using Laravel Cache
session	Stores settings using Laravel session

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License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.