OI Laravel Settings

Scoped, typed application settings for Laravel. Key/value pairs live in a settings table, are cached per scope, and are cast to real PHP types — including spatie/laravel-data value objects — through a configurable type registry.

Features

• Key/value settings persisted in a settings table, unique per [scope, key].
• Per-scope resolution with global fallback: current scope → global → default, driven by a configurable scope resolver or a runtime override.
• Type registry casting the stored value from a sibling type column — primitives (string, integer, float, boolean, json) and any spatie/laravel-data Data value object stored as JSON.
• Per-scope caching, busted automatically on every write.
• Settings facade, a setting() helper, and an injectable SettingsManager.
• Definition-driven SettingsSeeder base class and a SettingFactory.
• Swappable model resolved through OiLaravelSettings, never hardcoded.

How It Works

A setting is a row keyed by [scope, key]. scope is any string|int identifier (a shop id, a team id, a locale…) or null for the global layer. Reads resolve in order — the current scope, then global, then the caller's default — so a single global default can be overridden per scope.

The value column is stored as a string and cast to its runtime type from the type column via the type registry, so booleans come back as bool, JSON as arrays, and registered Data classes as fully-typed value objects.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11, 12, or 13
• spatie/laravel-data ^4.0

Installation

composer require oi-lab/oi-laravel-settings

Publish & Migrate

php artisan migrate

Publish the configuration or migration if you need to customise them:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=oi-laravel-settings-config
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=oi-laravel-settings-migrations

Configuration

config/oi-laravel-settings.php controls the table, model, scope resolver, cache and the type registry:

'table' => 'settings',

'models' => [
    'setting' => \OiLab\OiLaravelSettings\Models\Setting::class,
],

'scope_resolver' => null,   // null | Closure | invokable class-string
'default_scope' => null,

'cache' => [
    'enabled' => true,
    'store' => null,        // null = default store
    'prefix' => 'oi-settings',
    'ttl' => null,          // null = forever, seconds otherwise
],

'default_type' => 'string',

'types' => [
    'string' => 'string',
    'integer' => 'integer',
    'float' => 'float',
    'boolean' => 'boolean',
    'json' => 'json',
    'mail' => \OiLab\OiLaravelSettings\Data\MailContent::class,
],

See the configuration reference.

Usage

Reading & writing

use OiLab\OiLaravelSettings\Facades\Settings;

Settings::set('SITE_ONLINE', true, type: 'boolean', label: 'Site online');
Settings::get('SITE_ONLINE');            // true
Settings::has('SITE_ONLINE');            // true
Settings::all();                         // merged global + current scope
Settings::delete('SITE_ONLINE');

// Helper
setting('SITE_ONLINE', false);
setting(['THEME' => 'dark']);

Scopes

Every setting belongs to an optional scope (null = global). Reads resolve current scope → global → default.

Settings::set('THEME', 'dark', scope: null);      // global default
Settings::set('THEME', 'light', scope: 'shop-2'); // override
Settings::get('THEME', scope: 'shop-9');          // 'dark' (fallback)

// Resolve the current scope (e.g. from the active shop/tenant):
Settings::resolveScopeUsing(fn () => app('current_shop_id'));

Typed value objects

Register a Spatie\LaravelData\Data class under a type key and it is cast automatically to/from JSON:

// config/oi-laravel-settings.php
'types' => [
    'mail' => \OiLab\OiLaravelSettings\Data\MailContent::class,
    'address' => \App\Data\AddressData::class,
],

use OiLab\OiLaravelSettings\Data\MailContent;

Settings::set('WELCOME_MAIL', new MailContent(subject: 'Hi'), type: 'mail');
Settings::get('WELCOME_MAIL'); // MailContent instance

Seeding

use OiLab\OiLaravelSettings\Seeders\SettingsSeeder;

class AppSettingsSeeder extends SettingsSeeder
{
    protected function definitions(): array
    {
        return [
            ['key' => 'SITE_ONLINE', 'value' => true, 'type' => 'boolean'],
            ['key' => 'THEME', 'value' => 'light', 'scope' => 'shop-2'],
        ];
    }
}

Customizing the Model

The model is resolved through OiLaravelSettings::settingModel(), so you can point config('oi-laravel-settings.models.setting') at a subclass to add relations or behaviour. See Custom model.

AI Assistant Skills

The package ships an oilab-laravel-settings skill. Install it into a host app:

php artisan oi:install-ai-skill

Testing

composer test

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

When contributing:

1. Write tests for new features
2. Ensure all tests pass: vendor/bin/pest
3. Follow existing code style
4. Update documentation as needed

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see the License File for more information.

Credits

Olivier Lacombe - Creator and maintainer

Olivier is a Product & Technology Director based in Montpellier, France, with over 20 years of experience innovating in UX/UI and emerging technologies. He specializes in guiding enterprises toward cutting-edge digital solutions, combining user-centered design with continuous optimization and artificial intelligence integration.

Projects & Resources:

• OI Dev Docs - Documentation for all Open Source OI Lab packages
• OnAI - Training courses and masterclasses on generative AI for businesses
• Promptr - Prompt engineering Management Platform

Support

For support, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.