cashier-stripe

Laravel Cashier provides an expressive, fluent interface to Stripe's subscription billing services. It handles almost all of the boilerplate subscription billing code you are dreading writing. Cashier can handle coupons, swapping subscription, subscription "quantities", cancellation grace periods, and even generate invoice PDFs.

Pros

• Seamless integration with Laravel and Stripe
• Handles complex billing scenarios with ease
• Provides a clean, expressive API for subscription management
• Supports both single and multi-plan subscriptions

Cons

• Limited to Stripe payment gateway
• Requires a good understanding of Laravel and Stripe concepts
• May be overkill for simple payment processing needs
• Documentation could be more comprehensive for advanced use cases

Code Examples

1. Creating a subscription:

$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
    ->create($paymentMethod);

2. Checking subscription status:

if ($user->subscribed('default')) {
    // User has an active subscription...
}

3. Cancelling a subscription:

$user->subscription('default')->cancel();

4. Applying a coupon:

$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
    ->withCoupon('code')
    ->create($paymentMethod);

Getting Started

1. Install Cashier via Composer:

composer require laravel/cashier

2. Add the Billable trait to your User model:

use Laravel\Cashier\Billable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Billable;
}

3. Publish the migration:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="cashier-migrations"

4. Run the migration:

php artisan migrate

5. Set your Stripe API keys in your .env file:

STRIPE_KEY=your-stripe-key
STRIPE_SECRET=your-stripe-secret

Now you're ready to start using Cashier in your Laravel application!