User accounts

Hey Brian!

One way of doing this would be to extend add an extra column to the plans table called max_alerts for example. That will indicate how many alerts a user is allowed to have with the plan that they've subscribed to.

Then before a user saves a new alert, you can check the number of alerts they've already created against the maximum allowed by their plan, with something like this:

public function canCreateAlert(User $user)
{
    // Get the maximum allowed alerts for the user's plan
    $maxAlerts = $user->plan->max_alerts;

    // Count the number of alerts the user has already created
    $currentAlertCount = $user->alerts()->count();

    return $currentAlertCount < $maxAlerts;
}

Here, I'm assuming you have a relationship method alerts() on the User model that retrieves the alerts associated with a user, but if not you could change the logic to match your models.

After that, when a user tries to create a new alert, you can use the above function to check if they're allowed:

public function store(Request $request)
{
    $user = auth()->user();

    if (!$this->canCreateAlert($user)) {
        return redirect()->back()->withErrors(['error' => 'You have reached your alert limit. Upgrade to create more alerts.']);
    }

    // Logic to create and save the alert...

    return redirect()->route('alerts.index')->withSuccess('Alert created successfully!');
}

If a user tries to create an alert beyond their limit, you can prompt them to upgrade to a higher plan. This can be done in the view layer by showing a message or a button that redirects them to the upgrade page.

Hope that this helps!

Best,

Bobby

Hey Bobby,

Yup that would do the trick nicely. Thanks!

How would I be able to specify the number of alerts in the Role page when adding a new role?

I want to edit the Role edit page but cannot seem to be able to find it.

Hey Bobby,

You are a legend!

Thanks dude.

No problem at all! Happy to help!