Laravel Scopes

Laravel Scopes provides a set of reusable Eloquent global scopes to control model visibility based on user ownership and public/private status.
It is designed for easy integration with Laravel's authorization policies.

Features

✅ Simple and lightweight integration
✅ Reusable Eloquent scopes for ownership and visibility
✅ Works seamlessly with Laravel Policies
✅ No manual query building required
✅ Clean separation of concerns between data and authorization

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require curly-deni/laravel-scopes

Usage

All traits are located under the Aesis\Scopes\Traits namespace.

Available traits

HasOwnershipScope — restricts access to models owned by the current user (user_id field required).
HasPublicScope — restricts access to public models (public field required).
HasPrivateScope — restricts access to private models (private field required).
HasSelfScope — allows users to see their own models in addition to public/private ones (user_id field required).

Usage Scenarios

1. Restrict models to the owner only

Use HasOwnershipScope when users should only see their own models.

use Aesis\Scopes\Traits\HasOwnershipScope;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasOwnershipScope;
}

2. Restrict models based on public/private status

Use HasPublicScope or HasPrivateScope to filter models by their visibility flag.
Optionally, add HasSelfScope to also allow users to see their own models.

use Aesis\Scopes\Traits\HasPublicScope;
use Aesis\Scopes\Traits\HasSelfScope;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasPublicScope, HasSelfScope;
}

Trait Selection Guide

Use Case	Required Traits
Users should see only their own models	`HasOwnershipScope`
Users should see only public models	`HasPublicScope`
Users should see only private models	`HasPrivateScope`
Users should see public models and their own private models	`HasPublicScope` + `HasSelfScope`
Users should see private models and their own private models	`HasPrivateScope` + `HasSelfScope`

Database Requirements

Trait	Required Field
`HasPublicScope`	`public`
`HasPrivateScope`	`private`
`HasOwnershipScope`	`user_id`
`HasSelfScope`	`user_id`

Policy Requirements

When using scopes, you should define the following permissions in your model policies:

Method	Purpose
`viewPrivate(User $user)`	Allows a user to view private models (e.g., admins or users with special roles).
`viewForeign(User $user)`	Allows a user to view other users' models (in addition to their own, if `HasSelfScope` is used).

Example policy:

class PostPolicy
{
    public function viewPrivate(User $user): bool
    {
        // Allow access to private models for admins
        return $user->is_admin;
    }

    public function viewForeign(User $user): bool
    {
        // Allow users to view models owned by others
        return $user->can('view-others-posts');
    }
}

Restrictions

HasOwnershipScope cannot be combined with any other traits.
HasPublicScope and HasPrivateScope cannot be used together.
HasSelfScope requires either HasPublicScope or HasPrivateScope.

Credits

License

The MIT License (MIT).
Please see the LICENSE.md file for more information.

Summary

Laravel Scopes help you automatically filter models by ownership or visibility status without writing repetitive query logic.
Combined with authorization policies, it provides flexible and secure access control at the Eloquent level.

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