Laravel Appointments

Laravel Appointments is a package for managing appointments in your Laravel application. It provides a simple and flexible way to handle appointment scheduling, rescheduling, and cancellations.

Installation

To install the package, use Composer:

composer require codeitamarjr/laravel-appointments

After installing the package, publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Codeitamarjr\LaravelAppointments\LaravelAppointmentServiceProvider" --tag=config
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Codeitamarjr\LaravelAppointments\LaravelAppointmentServiceProvider" --tag=migrations

Optionally, you can publish the factories and tests:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Codeitamarjr\LaravelAppointments\LaravelAppointmentServiceProvider" --tag=factories
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=tests

Run the migrations to create the necessary database tables:

php artisan migrate

Run the database seeds to populate the database with sample data:

php artisan db:seed --class=Codeitamarjr\\LaravelAppointments\\Database\\Seeders\\EventSeeder

Usage

Creating an Appointment

To create an appointment, use the Appointment model:

use CodeItamarJr\LaravelAppointments\Models\Appointment;

$appointment = Appointment::create([
    'user_id' => $userId,
    'start_time' => '2023-10-01 10:00:00',
    'end_time' => '2023-10-01 11:00:00',
    'description' => 'Consultation',
]);

Rescheduling an Appointment

To reschedule an appointment, update the start_time and end_time fields:

$appointment->update([
    'start_time' => '2023-10-01 12:00:00',
    'end_time' => '2023-10-01 13:00:00',
]);

Cancelling an Appointment

To cancel an appointment, delete the record:

$appointment->delete();

Configuration

You can customize the package by editing the configuration file located at config/laravel-appointments.php.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue to discuss your ideas.

License

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