Laravel Billing

Stripe-based subscription and billing management for Laravel applications.

Features

Subscription Management

• Multiple Plans & Add-ons - Support for base plans and both standalone and plan-dependent add-ons
• Stripe Integration - Full Stripe integration with idempotent webhook handling
• Proration - Configurable proration for plan changes and cancellations
• Plan Changes - Immediate and scheduled plan changes with upgrade/downgrade detection
• Trial Periods - Optional trial periods per plan
• Grace Periods - Configurable grace periods for failed payments
• Discount Codes - Percentage and fixed discounts with flexible durations
• Payment Method Expiry - Configurable warning window with PaymentMethodExpiring event and scheduled command

Financial Operations

• Integer-Cents Money - All amounts stored and computed as integer minor units (no float precision bugs)
• Refund System - Full and partial refunds with automatic credit creation
• Customer Credits - Complete credit/debit tracking with running balances and expiration support
• Usage-Based Billing - Track and bill for metered usage
• Quota Tracking - Track usage against limits with automatic warnings and exceeded events

Developer Experience

• Workspace Support - Optional multi-tenancy with bhhaskin/laravel-workspaces
• Audit Trail - Optional audit logging with bhhaskin/laravel-audit
• Fully Tested - Comprehensive test suite with 100+ tests
• UUIDs - All models include UUIDs for secure API endpoints

Installation

composer require bhhaskin/laravel-billing

Publish Configuration

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

Publish and Run Migrations

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=billing-migrations
php artisan migrate

Configuration

Add your Stripe credentials to .env:

STRIPE_KEY=your_stripe_key
STRIPE_SECRET=your_stripe_secret
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=your_webhook_secret

Money Handling

All monetary values are stored and exchanged as integer minor units (cents for USD, pence for GBP, etc.) — never as floats or decimals. This eliminates precision bugs and aligns with Stripe's API conventions.

// $19.99 in cents
$plan = Plan::create(['name' => 'Pro', 'price' => 1999, ...]);

// $50.00 refund
$invoice->refund(amount: 5000);

// $25.00 promotional credit
$user->customer->addCredit(amount: 2500, type: 'promotional');

For display, divide by 100 or use Number::currency($plan->price / 100, 'USD').

If you are upgrading from < 0.4.0, the migrate command converts existing decimal data automatically. See the CHANGELOG for the full upgrade guide.

Usage

Add Billable Trait to User Model

use Bhhaskin\Billing\Concerns\Billable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Billable;
}

Create Plans

use Bhhaskin\Billing\Models\Plan;

$plan = Plan::create([
    'name' => 'Professional',
    'slug' => 'professional',
    'price' => 1999, // $19.99 in cents
    'interval' => 'monthly',
    'features' => ['feature1', 'feature2'],
    'limits' => ['websites' => 5, 'storage_gb' => 100],
]);

Subscribe Users

$user = User::find(1);
$plan = Plan::where('slug', 'professional')->first();

$subscription = $user->subscribe($plan);

Check Subscriptions

// Check if user has any active subscription
if ($user->hasActiveSubscription()) {
    // ...
}

// Check if user is subscribed to specific plan
if ($user->subscribedToPlan($plan)) {
    // ...
}

// Get combined limits from all subscriptions
$limits = $user->getCombinedLimits();
$websiteLimit = $user->getLimit('websites');

// Check if user has specific feature
if ($user->hasFeature('ssl_certificate')) {
    // ...
}

Plan Changes

Change subscription plans immediately or schedule for later:

$subscription = $user->subscriptions()->first();
$newPlan = Plan::where('slug', 'enterprise')->first();

// Immediate plan change with proration
$subscription->changePlan($newPlan, [
    'prorate' => true,
]);

// Schedule plan change for end of period
$subscription->changePlan($newPlan, [
    'schedule' => true,
    'schedule_for' => $subscription->current_period_end,
]);

// Preview plan change costs before applying
$preview = $subscription->previewPlanChange($newPlan);
// Returns: amount, proration_credit, upgrade_charge, is_upgrade, etc.

// Cancel scheduled plan change
$subscription->cancelScheduledPlanChange();

Customer Credits

Manage customer credit balances for refunds, promotions, and adjustments:

// Add credit to customer balance ($25.00 = 2500 cents)
$user->customer->addCredit(
    amount: 2500,
    type: 'promotional',
    description: 'Holiday promotion credit',
    options: ['expires_at' => now()->addMonths(3)]
);

// Get available credit balance (in cents)
$balance = $user->customer->getAvailableCredit();

// Credits are automatically applied to invoices
// Or manually apply credits to an invoice
$amountApplied = $user->customer->applyCreditsToInvoice($invoice);

// View credit history
$credits = $user->customer->credits()
    ->where('type', 'refund')
    ->get();

Refunds

Create full or partial refunds for paid invoices:

$invoice = $user->invoices()->where('status', 'paid')->first();

// Full refund (defaults to remaining refundable amount)
$refund = $invoice->refund();

// Partial refund ($10.00 = 1000 cents)
$refund = $invoice->refund(
    amount: 1000,
    reason: 'requested_by_customer',
    description: 'Partial service credit'
);

// Check refund status
if ($refund->isSucceeded()) {
    // Refund completed - customer credit created
}

// Get refund information
$totalRefunded = $invoice->getTotalRefunded();
$remainingRefundable = $invoice->getRemainingRefundable();

if ($invoice->isFullyRefunded()) {
    // Invoice completely refunded
}

Quota Tracking

Track usage against plan limits and automatically fire events when quotas are reached:

// Record usage for a quota (e.g., disk space in MB)
$user->recordUsage('disk_space', 150.5);

// Get current usage
$currentUsage = $user->getUsage('disk_space');

// Set absolute usage (useful for syncing from external sources)
$user->setUsage('bandwidth', 5000);

// Decrement usage (e.g., when files are deleted)
$user->decrementUsage('disk_space', 50);

// Check if over quota
if ($user->isOverQuota('disk_space')) {
    // Prevent new uploads
}

// Get remaining quota
$remaining = $user->getRemainingQuota('websites'); // Returns remaining count

// Get percentage used
$percentage = $user->getQuotaPercentage('disk_space'); // Returns 0-100

// Reset usage to zero
$user->resetUsage('disk_space');

Quota Events

The package fires events when quotas reach warning thresholds (default: 80%, 90%) or are exceeded:

// Listen to quota events in your EventServiceProvider
use Bhhaskin\Billing\Events\QuotaWarning;
use Bhhaskin\Billing\Events\QuotaExceeded;

protected $listen = [
    QuotaWarning::class => [
        SendQuotaWarningNotification::class,
    ],
    QuotaExceeded::class => [
        ArchiveUserFiles::class,
        SendQuotaExceededNotification::class,
    ],
];

Event properties:

• $event->billable - The billable model (User)
• $event->quotaKey - The quota identifier (e.g., 'disk_space')
• $event->currentUsage - Current usage amount
• $event->limit - The quota limit from the plan
• $event->thresholdPercentage - Warning threshold (QuotaWarning only)
• $event->overage - Amount over limit (QuotaExceeded only)

Configure warning thresholds in config/billing.php:

'quota_warning_thresholds' => [80, 90, 95], // Fire warnings at these percentages

API Routes

Include the API routes in your routes/api.php:

Route::middleware('auth:sanctum')->group(function () {
    require __DIR__.'/../vendor/bhhaskin/laravel-billing/routes/api.php';
});

Stripe Webhooks

Wire the webhook endpoint to your application's routes file. Exclude it from CSRF verification:

// routes/api.php (or web.php)
use Bhhaskin\Billing\Http\Controllers\WebhookController;

Route::post('/billing/webhook/stripe', [WebhookController::class, 'handle'])
    ->name('billing.webhook.stripe');

// app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php (Laravel 10) or
// bootstrap/app.php (Laravel 11+)
protected $except = [
    'billing/webhook/stripe',
];

In your application's StripeWebhookController (if you need custom handling), extend the package controller and override only the handler methods you need:

use Bhhaskin\Billing\Http\Controllers\WebhookController as BaseWebhookController;

class StripeWebhookController extends BaseWebhookController
{
    protected function handleInvoicePaymentSucceeded($stripeInvoice): void
    {
        parent::handleInvoicePaymentSucceeded($stripeInvoice);
        // Application-specific side effects here
    }
}

Webhook Idempotency

Every event delivered to the webhook endpoint is recorded in billing_webhook_events keyed by Stripe's event.id. Duplicate deliveries (Stripe retries, multi-endpoint setups, manual replays) are returned 200 immediately without re-running handlers. Each handler runs inside a database transaction; failures leave processed_at null so a subsequent re-delivery will retry.

Configure retention in config/billing.php (default 90 days), and prune old records:

php artisan billing:prune-webhook-events

The package also auto-schedules this weekly when auto_register_scheduler is enabled.

Payment Method Expiry Warnings

The billing:check-expiring-payment-methods command iterates active card payment methods and dispatches a PaymentMethodExpiring event for any card within the configured warning window (default 60 days, set via billing.payment_method_expiry.warning_days).

php artisan billing:check-expiring-payment-methods
php artisan billing:check-expiring-payment-methods --days=30 --dry-run
php artisan billing:check-expiring-payment-methods --force

Each card fires the event exactly once per (card, expiry-month) combination — debounced via metadata so daily scheduling does not flood your notifications.

Listen for the event in your application:

use Bhhaskin\Billing\Events\PaymentMethodExpiring;

protected $listen = [
    PaymentMethodExpiring::class => [
        SendCardExpiringNotification::class,
    ],
];

// Listener:
public function handle(PaymentMethodExpiring $event): void
{
    $event->paymentMethod->customer->billable->notify(
        new CardExpiringSoon($event->paymentMethod, $event->daysUntilExpiry)
    );
}

Daily Billing Processing

The package automatically schedules a daily billing command to process renewals, trial expirations, and grace periods. You can disable this in config and run it manually:

php artisan billing:process

Testing

composer test

License

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