cyrildewit laravel page view counter package.

To explain the steps involved in using the "cyrildewit/laravel-page-view-counter" package, please find the explanations below:

  1. Install the Package:
  2. Begin by adding the package to your Laravel project using Composer. Open your project's terminal and run the following command:
composer require cyrildewit/laravel-page-view-counter
  1. Publish the Configuration:
  2. Next, publish the package's configuration file using the following command:
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="CyrildeWit\PageViewCounter\PageViewCounterServiceProvider" --tag="config"

  • This command will create a "page-view-counter.php" configuration file in your project's "config" directory.

  • Configure the Package:

  • Open the "page-view-counter.php" configuration file and modify the settings according to your needs.

  • For example, you can specify the table name, column name, and other options related to the page view counter.

  • Migrate the Database:

  • Run the migration command to create the necessary table in your database:
php artisan migrate

  • This command will create a table with the name specified in the configuration file (default is "page_views").

  • Implement the Counter:

  • To use the page view counter, you need to add the "HasPageViews" trait to the model you want to track page views for.
  • For example, if you want to track page views for a "Post" model, open the "Post" model file and add the following line:
use CyrildeWit\PageViewCounter\Traits\HasPageViews;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasPageViews;
    // ...
}

  • This will enable the page view counter functionality for the "Post" model.

  • Accessing Page Views:

  • You can now access the page view count for any instance of the model.
  • For example, if you have a "Post" instance named "$post", you can retrieve the page view count using the following code:
$pageViews = $post->getPageViews();

That's it! You have successfully installed and implemented the "cyrildewit/laravel-page-view-counter" package in your Laravel project.