Apply Entrust roles to users using the controller

I used Entrust to add roles to my users. Currently the roles are created and applied in the routes:

Route::get('/start', function()
{
    $subscriber = new Role();
    $subscriber->name = 'Subscriber';
    $subscriber->save();
 
    $author = new Role();
    $author->name = 'Author';
    $author->save();
 
    $read = new Permission();
    $read->name = 'can_read';
    $read->display_name = 'Can Read Posts';
    $read->save();
 
    $edit = new Permission();
    $edit->name = 'can_edit';
    $edit->display_name = 'Can Edit Posts';
    $edit->save();
 
    $subscriber->attachPermission($read);
    $author->attachPermission($read);
    $author->attachPermission($edit);
 
    $user1 = User::find(1);
    $user2 = User::find(2);

    $user1->attachRole($author);
    $user2->attachRole($subscriber);
    
});

How do I move this function to the controller so that it is not necessary to go to page /start to create and apply roles?

lemiwinks

11 years ago

Level 1

Would it be better to use a seed file? How would I do that?

bobbybouwmann

11 years ago

Best Answer

Level 88

You should use a seed file indeed

Create a new file called RoleTableSeeder .php in the database/seeds directory and fill it with this as an example

<?php

use App\Role;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

class RoleTableSeeder extends Seeder {

    public function run()
    {
        DB::table('roles')->delete();

        User::create(array(
            'name' => 'Admin'
        ));
    }

}

Now you open up the DatabaseSeeder.php file in the seeds directory and it should look like this

public function run()
{
    Model::unguard();

    $this->call('UserTableSeeder');
    $this->call('RoleTableSeeder '); // As an example
}

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