PHP Laravel - Like Dislike System Tutorial
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PHP Laravel - Like Dislike System Tutorial
By Hardik Savani May 29, 2018 Category : PHP Laravel Bootstrap MySql MSSQLPauseUnmuteLoaded: 2.17%Fullscreen
we may sometime require to create like and dislike functionality for your posts, tutorials, articles, products etc in your laravel 5.6 application like on facebook, twitter, google etc. here i will show you how to build ajax realtime like unlike system in laravel 5, laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8 and laravel 9 application.
In this tutorial, we will integrate like system from scratch and step by step so you can understand and learn how it works. it is very simple and easy way to create like a system in laravel. we will use overtrue/laravel-follow composer package for like dislike system in laravel.
So basically here we will create users table and posts table. we will add some dummy records on posts table using laravel seeder. then we will create laravel default auth using auth command. after that we as we know we can register login new users. after that we will list all posts with like icon and also we will display counter for how many users likes this post like on facebook. we will write code for jquery ajax and make it real time like dislike system. So you need to just follow bellow step and get layout like as bellow screen shot.
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Step 1: Laravel 5.6 Installation
We are going from scratch so, If you haven't installed laravel 5 in your system then you can run bellow command and get fresh Laravel project.
Step 2: Install laravel-follow Package
Now we require to install laravel-follow package for like unlike system, that way we can use it's method. So Open your terminal and run bellow command.
Now open config/app.php file and add service provider and aliase.
config/app.php
After that we need to run migration configure file that we it will automatic generate migrations. so let's run.
Then just migrate it by using following command:
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Step 3: Create Authentication
In this step we require to create authentication of Laravel 5.6, so laravel provide artisan command to create authentication that way we don't require to create route and controller for login and registration. so run bellow command:
Step 4: Create Dummy Posts
now in this step we need to create posts table and create model with seeds for dummy records. so let's create posts table using following command:
now add 'title' field on posts table:
database/migrations/CreatePostsTable.php
Then just migrate it by using following command:
After this we need to create model for posts table by following path.
App/Post.php
Now we require to create some dummy posts data on database table so create laravel seed using bellow command:
Now let's update CreateDummyPost seeds like as bellow:
database/seeds/CreateDummyPost.php
Run seeder using this command:
Step 5: Update User Model
here we need to update User model. we need to use CanLike facade in User model. So let's update as bellow code.
App/User.php
Step 6: Create Routes
In this step, we will create routes for like unlike system. So we require to create following route in web.php file.
routes/web.php
Step 7: Add Controller Method
now in HomeController, we will add two new method posts() and ajaxRequest(). so let's see HomeController like as bellow:
app/Http/HomeController.php
Step 8: Create Blade files and CSS File
Now in this file we will create posts.blade.php file and custom.css file. So let's create both files.
resources/views/posts.blade.php
publis/css/custom.css
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Now you are ready to run full example.
You can also download full source code of this example.
I hope it can help you....
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