Laravel HMVC Package

A professional, feature-rich Hierarchical Model-View-Controller (HMVC) package for Laravel applications. This package provides a complete modular architecture solution with automatic route loading, view registration, migration management, and comprehensive Artisan command support.

📋 Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• Quick Start
• Module Management
• Artisan Commands
• Module Structure
• Configuration
• Advanced Usage
• Examples
• Contributing
• License

✨ Features

Core Features

• ✅ Complete HMVC Architecture - Organize your application into independent, reusable modules
• ✅ Automatic Route Loading - Routes are automatically discovered and loaded from modules
• ✅ View Registration - Module views are automatically registered with Laravel
• ✅ Translation Support - Automatic language file loading from modules
• ✅ Migration Management - Module-specific migrations with dedicated commands
• ✅ Service Provider Support - Each module can have its own service providers
• ✅ Configuration Management - Module-specific configuration files
• ✅ Module Status Management - Enable/disable modules dynamically

Artisan Commands

• ✅ Make Commands - Full support for creating components within modules
• ✅ Module Management Commands - Create, list, enable, disable modules
• ✅ Migration & Seeding - Module-specific database operations
• ✅ Case-Insensitive - Module names work regardless of case

Supported Components

All Laravel make: commands support the --module option:

• Controllers, Models, Requests, Factories, Seeders, Migrations, Policies
• Middleware, Commands, Events, Listeners, Observers
• Resources, Tests, Notifications, Mail, Jobs, Exceptions
• Rules, Casts, Channels, Components, Enums, Scopes
• Views, Classes, Interfaces, Traits, DTOs, Config, Providers, Job Middleware

📦 Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or higher
• Laravel 11.0+ or Laravel 12.0+

🚀 Installation

Step 1: Install via Composer

composer require rawnoq/laravel-hmvc

The package will automatically register PSR-4 autoloading for your modules. No manual configuration needed!

Step 2: Publish Configuration (Optional)

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=hmvc-config

This will publish the configuration file to config/hmvc.php.

Step 3: Publish Stubs (Optional)

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=hmvc-stubs

This will publish module stubs to stubs/hmvc/module/ for customization.

⚠️ Note on Autoloading

The package automatically registers PSR-4 autoloading for the Modules namespace. You do not need to manually add it to your composer.json. The autoloading is registered programmatically and works on both Linux and Windows systems.

🎯 Quick Start

Create Your First Module

php artisan module:make Blog

This command will create a complete module structure:

modules/
└── Blog/
    ├── Config/
    │   └── config.php
    ├── Database/
    │   ├── Factories/
    │   ├── Migrations/
    │   └── Seeders/
    │       └── DatabaseSeeder.php
    ├── Http/
    │   ├── Controllers/
    │   │   └── BlogController.php
    │   ├── Middleware/
    │   ├── Requests/
    │   └── Resources/
    ├── Providers/
    │   └── ServiceProvider.php
    ├── Resources/
    │   ├── lang/
    │   └── views/
    ├── Routes/
    │   ├── web.php
    │   └── api.php
    └── Models/

Create Components Within Modules

# Create a controller in a module
php artisan make:controller PostController --module=Blog

# Create a model with migration and factory
php artisan make:model Post --module=Blog --migration --factory

# Create a request
php artisan make:request StorePostRequest --module=Blog

# Create middleware
php artisan make:middleware CheckAuth --module=Blog

📚 Module Management

List All Modules

php artisan module:list

Output:

+--------+---------+--------+-------------+-----------+------------+-------+
| Module | Status  | Routes | Controllers | Providers | Migrations | Views |
+--------+---------+--------+-------------+-----------+------------+-------+
| Blog   | Enabled | ✓      | ✓           | ✓         | ✓          | ✓     |
| User   | Enabled | ✓      | ✓           | ✓         | ✗          | ✓     |
+--------+---------+--------+-------------+-----------+------------+-------+

Enable/Disable Modules

# Enable a module
php artisan module:enable Blog

# Disable a module
php artisan module:disable Blog

Run Module Migrations

# Run migrations for a specific module
php artisan module:migrate Blog

# Run migrations with seeding
php artisan module:migrate Blog --seed

Run Module Seeders

php artisan module:seed Blog

🛠️ Artisan Commands

Module Management Commands

Module Options

The module:make command supports several options:

# Create a module with force (overwrite if exists)
php artisan module:make Blog --force

# Create a plain module (no scaffold)
php artisan module:make Blog --plain

# Create a module with API routing scaffold
php artisan module:make Blog --api

Make Commands with Module Support

All Laravel make: commands support the --module option:

Basic Components

php artisan make:controller PostController --module=Blog
php artisan make:model Post --module=Blog
php artisan make:request StorePostRequest --module=Blog
php artisan make:middleware CheckAuth --module=Blog
php artisan make:policy PostPolicy --module=Blog

Database Components

php artisan make:migration create_posts_table --module=Blog
php artisan make:factory PostFactory --module=Blog
php artisan make:seeder PostSeeder --module=Blog

Event System

php artisan make:event PostCreated --module=Blog
php artisan make:listener SendPostNotification --module=Blog
php artisan make:observer PostObserver --module=Blog

Jobs & Queues

php artisan make:job ProcessPost --module=Blog
php artisan make:job-middleware RateLimitMiddleware --module=Blog

API & Resources

php artisan make:resource PostResource --module=Blog
php artisan make:test PostTest --module=Blog

Notifications & Mail

php artisan make:notification PostPublished --module=Blog
php artisan make:mail PostMail --module=Blog

Validation & Rules

php artisan make:rule CustomRule --module=Blog
php artisan make:cast JsonCast --module=Blog

Broadcasting

php artisan make:channel PostChannel --module=Blog

View Components

php artisan make:component PostCard --module=Blog
php artisan make:view post.show --module=Blog

Other Components

php artisan make:command ProcessCommand --module=Blog
php artisan make:enum PostStatus --module=Blog
php artisan make:scope PublishedScope --module=Blog
php artisan make:class PostService --module=Blog
php artisan make:interface PostRepositoryInterface --module=Blog
php artisan make:trait HasSlug --module=Blog
php artisan make:dto PostDto --module=Blog
php artisan make:config post --module=Blog
php artisan make:provider PostServiceProvider --module=Blog
php artisan make:exception PostNotFoundException --module=Blog

Note: All commands work normally without --module option (standard Laravel behavior).

📁 Module Structure

A typical module structure looks like this (matching Laravel's standard structure):

modules/
└── Blog/
    ├── App/
    │   ├── Http/
    │   │   ├── Controllers/         # Controllers
    │   │   ├── Middleware/          # HTTP middleware
    │   │   ├── Requests/            # Form requests
    │   │   └── Resources/           # API resources
    │   ├── Models/                  # Eloquent models
    │   ├── Providers/
    │   │   └── ServiceProvider.php  # Module service provider
    │   ├── Policies/                # Authorization policies
    │   ├── Events/                  # Event classes
    │   ├── Listeners/               # Event listeners
    │   ├── Observers/               # Model observers
    │   ├── Notifications/           # Notification classes
    │   ├── Mail/                    # Mail classes
    │   ├── Jobs/                    # Job classes
    │   ├── Exceptions/              # Exception classes
    │   ├── Rules/                   # Validation rules
    │   ├── Casts/                   # Custom casts
    │   ├── Broadcasting/            # Broadcasting channels
    │   ├── View/
    │   │   └── Components/          # View components
    │   ├── Enums/                   # Enums
    │   ├── Console/
    │   │   └── Commands/            # Artisan commands
    │   ├── Interfaces/              # Interfaces
    │   ├── Traits/                  # Traits
    │   └── DTOs/                    # Data Transfer Objects
    ├── Database/
    │   ├── Factories/               # Model factories
    │   ├── Migrations/              # Database migrations
    │   └── Seeders/                 # Database seeders
    ├── Resources/
    │   ├── Lang/                    # Translation files
    │   └── Views/                   # Blade views
    ├── Routes/
    │   ├── web.php                  # Web routes
    │   └── api.php                  # API routes
    ├── Config/
    │   └── config.php               # Module configuration
    └── Tests/                       # Test classes

⚙️ Configuration

The configuration file is located at config/hmvc.php:

return [
    // Module namespace
    'namespace' => 'Modules',

    // Modules directory path
    'modules_path' => base_path('modules'),

    // Status file location
    'status_file' => storage_path('app/hmvc/modules.php'),

    // Directory structure for modules
    'directories' => [
        'controllers' => ['App/Http/Controllers'],
        'models' => ['App/Models'],
        'requests' => ['App/Http/Requests'],
        // ... and more
    ],

    // Route configuration
    'routes' => [
        [
            'name' => 'web',
            'path' => 'routes/web.php',
            'middleware' => ['web'],
            'prefix' => null,
            'enabled' => true,
        ],
        [
            'name' => 'api',
            'path' => 'routes/api.php',
            'middleware' => ['api'],
            'prefix' => 'api',
            'enabled' => true,
        ],
    ],
];

Customizing Module Directories

You can customize the directory structure in config/hmvc.php:

'directories' => [
    'controllers' => ['App/Http/Controllers', 'Controllers'],
    'models' => ['App/Models', 'Entities'],
    // Add custom directories
],

🎓 Advanced Usage

Module Service Providers

Each module can have its own service provider located at Providers/ServiceProvider.php:

<?php

namespace Modules\Blog\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
        // Register module services
    }

    public function boot(): void
    {
        // Boot module services
    }
}

Registering Class Aliases

The package provides two ways to register class aliases:

1. Using the Helper Function (Recommended):

Single alias:

<?php

namespace Modules\Authentication\App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
        register_class_alias(
            'Modules\Authentication\App\Models\BaseUser',
            config('authentication_dependencies.models.user')
        );
    }
}

Multiple aliases at once (snake_case):

<?php

namespace Modules\Authentication\App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
        register_class_aliases([
            'Modules\Authentication\App\Models\BaseUser' => config('authentication_dependencies.models.user'),
            'Modules\Authentication\App\Http\Resources\UserResource' => config('authentication_dependencies.resources.user'),
        ]);
    }
}

Multiple aliases at once (camelCase):

<?php

namespace Modules\Authentication\App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
        registerClassAliases([
            'Modules\Authentication\App\Models\BaseUser' => config('authentication_dependencies.models.user'),
            'Modules\Authentication\App\Http\Resources\UserResource' => config('authentication_dependencies.resources.user'),
        ]);
    }
}

Note: Both register_class_aliases() (snake_case) and registerClassAliases() (camelCase) are available. Use whichever naming convention you prefer.

2. Using the Trait:

<?php

namespace Modules\Authentication\App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Rawnoq\HMVC\Support\RegistersClassAliases;

class ServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    use RegistersClassAliases;

    public function register(): void
    {
        $this->registerClassAlias(
            'Modules\Authentication\App\Models\BaseUser',
            config('authentication_dependencies.models.user')
        );
    }
}

Benefits:

• Allows modules to reference classes by a consistent name
• Actual implementation can be swapped via configuration
• Prevents duplicate alias registration
• Type-safe and maintainable

Module Routes

Web Routes (routes/web.php)

<?php

use Modules\Blog\App\Http\Controllers\BlogController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::get('/blog', [BlogController::class, 'index']);
Route::get('/blog/{post}', [BlogController::class, 'show']);

API Routes (routes/api.php)

<?php

use Modules\Blog\App\Http\Controllers\BlogController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::apiResource('posts', BlogController::class);

Module Views

Views are automatically registered with the module name as namespace:

// In controller
return view('blog::posts.index', ['posts' => $posts]);

// In Blade
@include('blog::partials.header')

Module Translations

Translation files are automatically loaded:

// In code
trans('blog::messages.welcome');

// In Blade
{{ __('blog::messages.welcome') }}

Module Migrations

Migrations are automatically discovered and can be run with:

php artisan module:migrate Blog

Or run all migrations (including modules):

php artisan migrate

Module Configuration

Access module configuration:

config('blog.some_key');

📝 Examples

Example 1: Complete Blog Module

# Create module
php artisan module:make Blog

# Create models
php artisan make:model Post --module=Blog --migration --factory
php artisan make:model Category --module=Blog --migration --factory

# Create controllers
php artisan make:controller PostController --module=Blog --resource
php artisan make:controller CategoryController --module=Blog --resource

# Create requests
php artisan make:request StorePostRequest --module=Blog
php artisan make:request UpdatePostRequest --module=Blog

# Create policies
php artisan make:policy PostPolicy --module=Blog --model=Post

# Create seeders
php artisan make:seeder PostSeeder --module=Blog

Example 2: API Module with Events

# Create module
php artisan module:make Api --plain

# Create components
php artisan make:model User --module=Api --migration
php artisan make:event UserCreated --module=Api
php artisan make:listener SendWelcomeEmail --module=Api --event=UserCreated
php artisan make:job ProcessUserRegistration --module=Api
php artisan make:notification WelcomeNotification --module=Api

Example 3: E-commerce Module

# Create module
php artisan module:make Ecommerce

# Create models
php artisan make:model Product --module=Ecommerce --migration --factory
php artisan make:model Order --module=Ecommerce --migration --factory
php artisan make:model Cart --module=Ecommerce --migration

# Create services
php artisan make:class ProductService --module=Ecommerce
php artisan make:class OrderService --module=Ecommerce

# Create repositories
php artisan make:interface ProductRepositoryInterface --module=Ecommerce
php artisan make:class ProductRepository --module=Ecommerce

# Create DTOs
php artisan make:dto CreateProductDto --module=Ecommerce
php artisan make:dto UpdateOrderDto --module=Ecommerce

🔧 Troubleshooting

Module Not Found

If you get "Module does not exist" error:

1. Check module name (case-insensitive)
2. Verify module exists in modules/ directory
3. Run php artisan module:list to see all modules

Routes Not Loading

1. Ensure module is enabled: php artisan module:enable ModuleName
2. Check route files exist: modules/ModuleName/routes/web.php or api.php
3. Clear route cache: php artisan route:clear

Views Not Found

1. Verify view files exist in modules/ModuleName/Resources/views/
2. Use correct namespace: module-name::view.name
3. Clear view cache: php artisan view:clear

🧪 Testing

composer test

🤝 Contributing

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

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

📄 License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

📦 Data Transfer Objects (DTOs)

The package includes a powerful DTO system with a base class for type-safe data transfer:

Creating DTOs

# Create a DTO in app
php artisan make:dto UserDto

# Create a DTO in a module
php artisan make:dto PostDto --module=Blog

DTO Structure

All DTOs extend Rawnoq\HMVC\DTOs\BaseDto which provides:

• fromArray(array $data): static - Create DTO from array
• fromRequest(Request $request): static - Create DTO from validated request
• toArray(): array - Convert DTO to array

Example DTO

<?php

namespace Modules\Blog\App\DTOs;

use Rawnoq\HMVC\DTOs\BaseDto;

final readonly class PostDto extends BaseDto
{
    public function __construct(
        public string $title,
        public string $content,
        public ?string $slug = null,
    ) {}

    public static function fromArray(array $data): static
    {
        return new static(
            title: $data['title'],
            content: $data['content'],
            slug: $data['slug'] ?? null,
        );
    }

    public function toArray(): array
    {
        return [
            'title' => $this->title,
            'content' => $this->content,
            'slug' => $this->slug,
        ];
    }
}

Using DTOs

// In a controller
use Modules\Blog\App\DTOs\PostDto;

public function store(StorePostRequest $request)
{
    $dto = PostDto::fromRequest($request);
    
    // Use DTO with type safety
    $post = Post::create($dto->toArray());
    
    return response()->json($post);
}

🙏 Credits

• Author: Rawnoq
• Package: rawnoq/laravel-hmvc
• Version: 1.0.3

📚 Additional Resources

• Laravel Documentation
• HMVC Architecture

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