Installation (Laravel Forum 4.x)
Installation
Version 4 is compatible with Laravel 5.3 and above. Features, functionality and usage are identical to version 3.
Requirements
- PHP 5.4 or above
- Laravel 5.3
Step 1: Install the package
Install the package via composer:
composer require riari/laravel-forum:~4.0
Then add the service provider to your config/app.php
:
Riari\Forum\ForumServiceProvider::class,
Installing the front-end is recommended. Note that version 1 of the front-end is compatible with versions 3 and 4 of the core package.
Step 2: Publish the package files
Run the vendor:publish command to publish the package config, translations and migrations to your app’s directories:
php artisan vendor:publish
Step 3: Update your database
Run your migrations:
php artisan migrate
Assuming this succeeds, you can now define your forum categories in the forum_categories
table, or authenticate with a user that has the createCategories
ability (granted to all users by default) and use the ‘Create category’ panel displayed on the forum index (/forum
).