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What Laravel MultiPersona does for you — Let one user act as several personas — admin and client, company A and company B — and switch between them without extra logins or sessions. Backend-only, it works with your existing policies and middleware.

This package is free and maintained on my own time. If it saves you hours, a small contribution helps me keep it going: 💖 GitHub Sponsors · ☕ Buy Me a Coffee · PayPal

Laravel MultiPersona is a lightweight context-layer system for Laravel users.

Laravel MultiPersona is a lightweight context-layer system for Laravel users.
It allows a single user to switch between different roles, accounts, or tenants dynamically, without creating multiple logins or sessions.

🔍 What It Solves

• Switch between "personas" (admin ↔ client, company A ↔ company B)
• Contextual permissions and role handling
• No UI or API enforced – 100% backend, policy, and middleware-driven

📦 Installation

Requirements

• PHP 8.3 or higher
• Laravel 12.x or 13.x

composer require grazulex/laravel-multipersona

🧩 Core Concepts

• Persona: A context attached to a user (e.g. company, role, project)
• Active Persona: The currently selected context
• Persona Manager: A service to query, switch, or manipulate personas
• Middleware: Force or apply a persona context

✅ Quick Example

// Get current active persona
$currentPersona = persona();

// List all user personas
$userPersonas = auth()->user()->personas;

// Create a new persona
$persona = auth()->user()->createPersona([
    'name' => 'Company Admin',
    'context' => [
        'role' => 'admin',
        'company_id' => 123,
        'permissions' => ['read', 'write', 'delete']
    ]
]);

// Switch to persona
auth()->user()->switchToPersona($persona);

🧱 What's Provided

• Trait: HasPersonas for your User model
• Middleware: EnsureActivePersona, SetPersonaFromRequest
• Helpers: persona(), personas($user)
• Events: Complete event system for persona lifecycle
• Service: PersonaManager for programmatic access
• Contract: PersonaInterface for custom implementations

❌ What's Not Included

• No routes or controllers
• No CLI or HTTP APIs
• No UI layer – you choose how to expose it

📚 Complete Documentation

Getting Started

• 📖 Installation Guide - Complete setup instructions
• 📖 Usage Guide - Basic and advanced usage examples
• ⚡ Quick Start Example - Working code examples

Core Features

• 🎭 Events Guide - Event system and listeners
• 🛡️ Middleware Guide - Route protection and context
• 🏗️ Architecture - System design and components

Advanced Topics

• 🎯 Advanced Patterns - Multi-tenant, role hierarchy, delegation
• 🌐 Frontend Integration - Vue.js, React, Alpine.js examples
• 📋 API Reference - Complete method documentation

Use Cases

• Multi-tenant SaaS: Users switch between different company contexts
• Role-based Access: Same user, different permissions per context
• Agency Management: Manage multiple client accounts
• Marketplace Platforms: Buyer/seller context switching
• Enterprise Systems: Department or project-based access

🎯 Real-World Examples

Multi-tenant Application

// User switches between companies
$companyA = $user->createPersona([
    'name' => 'Acme Corp Admin',
    'context' => [
        'company_id' => 1,
        'role' => 'admin',
        'permissions' => ['manage_users', 'view_reports']
    ]
]);

$companyB = $user->createPersona([
    'name' => 'TechStart User', 
    'context' => [
        'company_id' => 2,
        'role' => 'user',
        'permissions' => ['view_dashboard']
    ]
]);

Middleware Protection

// Protect routes requiring specific roles
Route::middleware(['auth', 'persona.required', 'role:admin'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/admin/dashboard', [AdminController::class, 'dashboard']);
});

Frontend Integration

<!-- Vue.js component -->
<PersonaSelector 
    :current-persona="currentPersona"
    :available-personas="availablePersonas"
    @persona-changed="handlePersonaChange"
/>

🧪 Testing

The package includes comprehensive test coverage:

composer test

Current test metrics:

• 58 tests across Unit, Feature, Integration, and Listeners
• 87% code coverage
• 149 assertions ensuring reliability

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! See our Contributing Guide for details.

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/grazulex/laravel-multipersona.git
cd laravel-multipersona
composer install
composer test

🔒 Security

If you discover any security vulnerabilities, please review our Security Policy.

💖 Support This Package

Laravel MultiPersona is free, open source and maintained on my own time. If it saves you hours, here is how you can give back:

• ⭐ Star the repository — it helps other developers find it
• 🐦 Share it with your team and network
• 💖 Sponsor on GitHub, buy me a coffee or donate via PayPal — every contribution funds maintenance, new features and Laravel upgrades

📄 License

Laravel MultiPersona is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

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