How to set a role for a new User when one is joining.

[bamboowebcare]

How to set a role for a new User when one is joining.

[tortuetorche]

Hi @bamboowebcare,

You can do this:

class User extends Model
{
    // ...
    public function hasRole($key)
    {
        $hasRole = false;
        foreach ($this->roles as $role) {
            if ($role->name === $key) {
                $hasRole = true;
                break;
            }
        }
        return $hasRole;
    }

    public function attachRoles($roles = [])
    {
        $roles = (array) $roles;

        // Default role is 'user'
        // You can comment out this code, if you don't want default role
        if (! in_array('user', $roles)) {
             $roles = array_merge($roles, ['user']);
        }

        foreach ($roles as $roleName) {
            if (! $this->hasRole($roleName)) {
                $role = Role::where('name', $roleName)->firstOrFail();
                $this->roles()->attach($role);
            }
        }
    }
    //...
}

$adminUser = User::create([
                'email'     => 'admin@localhost.com',
                'firstname' => 'Super',
                'lastname'  => 'Admin',
                'password'  => 'superpassword',
            ]);

// Add 'admin' and 'user' roles to the administrator user
$adminUser->attachRoles(['admin', 'user']);

Have a good day,
Tortue Torche

[bamboowebcare]

thank you