Description

This module provides helper methods to work with lists of countries and currencies

Pre-installation

This package is part of Netcore CMS ecosystem and is only functional in a project that has the following packages installed:

1. https://github.com/netcore/netcore

Installation

• Require this package using composer

composer require netcore/module-country

• Publish configuration, migrations and assets

php artisan module:publish-config Country
php artisan module:publish-migration Country
php artisan module:publish Country
php artisan migrate

• Seed the configuration to database

php artisan module:seed Country

Usage

• Get all countries:

country()->all();

• Find a country by its ISO 3166-2 code:

$country = country()->findByCode('SE');
$country->code; // SE
$country->name; // Sweden
$country->capital; // Stockholm
$country->full_name; // Kingdom of Sweden
$country->calling_code; // 46
$country->eea; // true
$country->flag_url; // Will return asset URL to the country flag

• Get all countries as a collection for select lists (will return a collection in this format - ID => Country name)

country()->getSelectList();

You can also attach a country or a currency to any model:

public function country(): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
{
    return $this->belongsTo(Modules\Country\Models\Country::class);
}

public function currency(): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
{
    return $this->belongsTo(Modules\Country\Models\Currency::class);
}

Disclaimer

We take no responsibility for the accuracy of the country, currency and flag lists provided in the source files. The lists were made diregarding any political and religious views. If you find the country list inaccurate, feel free to fork the repository and change the lists how you wish.

Todo:

• Add unit tests
• Make countries and currencies manageable in the admin panel