Activate and deactivate Eloquent models, the easy way

Almost every app has models that can be turned on and off — users, products, feature flags, integrations. This package gives those models a clean active/inactive state, so you stop re-writing the same is_active boolean, the same scopes, and the same factory states in every project.

$product->activate();
$product->deactivate();

Product::active()->get();   // only the live ones
Product::inactive()->get(); // only the switched-off ones

Add one trait, add one column, and you're done. Everything else — scopes, events, factory states, an optional "when was this turned off?" timestamp — is there when you want it and out of the way when you don't.

Why you'll like it

• One trait, zero ceremony. New records default to active, the column is cast to a boolean, and you get activate() / deactivate() / toggleActive() for free.
• Readable scopes. Product::active() and Product::inactive() read like English, and invert with a single argument.
• Idempotent by design. Calling deactivate() on an already-inactive model is a true no-op — no redundant write, no misleading event.
• Events when it matters. ModelActivated and ModelDeactivated fire only when the state actually changes, so listeners aren't spammed.
• Optional deactivation timestamp. Opt in to an inactivated_at column and the package keeps it in sync — set on deactivation, cleared on activation.
• Tidy migrations and factories. A $table->activatable() schema macro and active() / inactive() factory states keep your test and migration code expressive.

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require bernskiold/laravel-activatable

If you'd like to change the column name, the default state, or enable the deactivation timestamp globally, publish the config:

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

Schema

Add the boolean column with the activatable() blueprint macro:

Schema::create('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->id();
    $table->string('name');
    $table->activatable();   // adds an `is_active` boolean, default true
    $table->timestamps();
});

Both schema macros return the column definition, so you can keep chaining:

$table->activatable()->comment('Whether the product is purchasable.');

Usage

Add the trait to your model:

use Bernskiold\LaravelActivatable\Concerns\Activatable;

class Product extends Model
{
    use Activatable;
}

New records are active by default. From there:

$product->isActive();    // bool
$product->isInactive();  // bool

$product->activate();      // sets active, dispatches ModelActivated (on change)
$product->deactivate();    // sets inactive, dispatches ModelDeactivated (on change)
$product->toggleActive();  // flips it

Product::active()->get();      // only active
Product::inactive()->get();    // only inactive
Product::active(false)->get(); // inverted — same as inactive()

Calling activate() / deactivate() on a model that is already in the requested state does nothing at all — no query is run and no event is dispatched.

Need to change the state without firing events (and without touching the model's own saving/saved events)? Reach for the quiet variants:

$product->activateQuietly();
$product->deactivateQuietly();

Events

activate() and deactivate() dispatch events only when the state actually changes. Each event exposes the $model that changed:

use Bernskiold\LaravelActivatable\Events\ModelDeactivated;

Event::listen(ModelDeactivated::class, function (ModelDeactivated $event) {
    // $event->model was just switched off
});

Tracking when a model was deactivated

Sometimes "is it off?" isn't enough — you want to know when it was switched off. Opt a model into an inactivated_at timestamp and the package keeps it in sync: it's set on deactivation and cleared again on activation.

class Product extends Model
{
    use Activatable;

    protected bool $tracksInactivatedAt = true;
}

Add the column with the inactivatedAt() macro (or enable it for every model via the track_inactivated_at config option):

$table->activatable();
$table->inactivatedAt();   // adds a nullable `inactivated_at` timestamp

Factory states

Add the factory trait for expressive active() / inactive() states. They respect the model's column (and the deactivation timestamp, if it tracks one):

use Bernskiold\LaravelActivatable\Concerns\ActivatableFactory;

class ProductFactory extends Factory
{
    use ActivatableFactory;
}

Product::factory()->inactive()->create();

A different column name

Override the column globally in config/activatable.php, or per model with a constant:

class FeatureFlag extends Model
{
    use Activatable;

    public const ACTIVE_COLUMN = 'is_enabled';
}

Type-hinting

The trait implements the Bernskiold\LaravelActivatable\Contracts\Activatable interface, so you can type-hint against any activatable model:

use Bernskiold\LaravelActivatable\Contracts\Activatable;

function publish(Activatable $model): void
{
    $model->activate();
}

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Erik Bernskiöld
• All Contributors

License

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