Backpack\Settings

An interface for the administrator to easily change application settings. Uses Laravel Backpack. On Laravel 5.2.

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Install

1. In your terminal:

composer require backpack/settings

2. For Laravel <5.5 apps, add the service provider to your config/app.php file:

Backpack\Settings\SettingsServiceProvider::class,

3. Run the migration and add some example settings:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Backpack\Settings\SettingsServiceProvider"
php artisan migrate

## if you want to have some example entries in the database
php artisan db:seed --class="Backpack\Settings\database\seeds\SettingsTableSeeder"

4. [Optional] Add a menu item for it in resources/views/vendor/backpack/base/inc/sidebar.blade.php or menu.blade.php:

<li><a href="{{ url(config('backpack.base.route_prefix', 'admin') . '/setting') }}"><i class="fa fa-cog"></i> <span>Settings</span></a></li>

Usage

End user

Add it to the menu or access it by its route: application/admin/setting

Programmer

Use it like you would any config value in a virtual settings.php file. Except the values are stored in the database and fetched on boot, instead of being stored in a file.

Config::get('settings.contact_email')

Add new settings

Settings are stored in the database in the "settings" table. Its columns are:

• id (ex: 1)
• key (ex: contact_email)
• name (ex: Contact form email address)
• description (ex: The email address that all emails go to.)
• value (ex: admin@laravelbackpack.com)
• field (Backpack CRUD field configuration in JSON format. https://laravel-backpack.readme.io/docs/crud-fields#standard-field-types)
• active (1 or 0)
• created_at
• updated_at

There is no interface available to add new settings. They are added by the developer directly in the database, since the Backpack CRUD field configuration is a bit complicated. See the field types and their configuration code on https://laravel-backpack.readme.io/docs

Screenshots

See http://laravelbackpack.com

• List view:
• Editing a setting with the email field type:

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Overwriting Functionality

If you need to modify how this works in a project:

• create a routes/backpack/settings.php file; the package will see that, and load your routes file, instead of the one in the package;
• create controllers/models that extend the ones in the package, and use those in your new routes file;
• modify anything you'd like in the new controllers/models;

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email hello@tabacitu.ro instead of using the issue tracker.

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Credits

• Cristian Tabacitu
• All Contributors

License

Backpack is free for non-commercial use and 39 EUR/project for commercial use. Please see License File and backpackforlaravel.com for more information.