Configurable Table Name for Cart Model

[adrienne]

Currently Vanilo assumes that the table name is carts, and there is no way to configure this. Can you make this a config setting, please?

I'll try to submit a pull request.

[fulopattila122]

Hi Adrienne,

we have no plans to make the table names configurable, but you can easily achieve it in your project with <30 minutes of work.

Here's what to do:

1. Disable the built-in migrations of the Cart module: config/concord.php:

   'modules' => [
       Vanilo\Cart\Providers\ModuleServiceProvider::class => [
           'migrations' => false
       ]
   ]

2. Publish the migrations:

   php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Vanilo\Cart\Providers\ModuleServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"

   This will copy the Cart Module's migrations into your app's database/ folder.

3. Modify the table names in those migrations. Now you can run php artisan migrate.
4. Create Cart.php and CartItem.php files in the app/Models/ folder.
5. Add the following content to Cart.php:

   class Cart extends Vanilo\Cart\Models\Cart
   {
      protected $table = 'your_cart_table_name';
   }

6. Add the following content to CartItem.php:

   class CartItem extends Vanilo\Cart\Models\CartItem
   {
      protected $table = 'your_cart_items_table_name';
   }

7. Add these lines to app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php:

   namespace App\Providers;
   
   use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
   use Vanilo\Cart\Contracts\Cart as CartContract;
   use Vanilo\Cart\Contracts\CartItem as CartItemContract;
   
   class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
   {
      public function boot()
      {
          $this->app->concord->registerModel(CartContract::class, \App\Models\Cart::class);
          $this->app->concord->registerModel(CartItemContract::class, \App\Models\CartItem::class);
      }
   }

Now you can use the cart module with your custom table names.

Notes

• You can continue using the Cart facade (it will use your models under the hood):

  use Vanilo\Cart\Facades\Cart;
  
  Cart::addItem($product);
  // etc..

• These steps apply only when you're using the Cart module,
• If you're using the entire Vanilo Framework, then the config part is slightly different (let me know if that's the case)
• If you'll update the Cart module with composer in the future, make sure to take over the newer migrations by re-running the php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Vanilo\Cart\Providers\ModuleServiceProvider" --tag="migrations" command. If there are new migrations, change the table names in them accordingly.

References & Further Info

• https://vanilo.io/docs/3.x/models
• https://vanilo.io/how-to/use-custom-models-in-your-application
• https://konekt.dev/concord/1.x/migrations#turn-migrations-onoff
• https://konekt.dev/concord/1.x/publishing#migrations
• https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/eloquent#table-names

[adrienne]

@fulopattila122 - this did work, thank you!