Shopper has a few requirements you should be aware of before installing

Requirements

Make sure your server meets the following requirements.

• Apache 2.2+ or nginx

• MySQL Server 5.7.8+ , Mariadb 10.3.2+ or PostgreSQL

• PHP Version 7.1.3+

• Composer

Install

Shopper is realy easy to install. After creating your new Laravel application (5.6+) you can include the Shopper package with the following command:

composer require mckenziearts/shopper

Next make sure to create a new database and add your database credentials to your .env file, you will also want to add your application URL in the APP_URL variable:

APP_URL=http://localhost
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

To install run this command to install Shopper in your project

php artisan shopper:install

This will install shopper, publish vendor files, create shopper and storage symlinks if they don't exist in the public folder, run migrations and seeders classes.

And we're all good to go!

Run the following command to create a user with supreme (at the moment of creation) rights:

php artisan shopper:admin

And you will be prompted for the users username, firstname, lastname and password.

If you want to publish again Shopper's vendor files run these commands:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Mckenziearts\Shopper\ShopperServiceProvider"
php artisan vendor:publish --all

Extend your current User Model (usually app/User.php) using the Mckenziearts\Shopper\Plugins\Users\Models\User as ShopperUser alias:

<?php
​
use Mckenziearts\Shopper\Plugins\Users\Models\User as ShopperUser; 
​
class User extends ShopperUser
{
    // ...
}

To run the project you may use the built-in server: php artisan serve

After that, run composer dump-autoload to finish your installation!

To view Shopper's dashboard go to:

http://localhost:8000/console