⚡ Laravel Zap

Lightning-fast schedule management for Laravel

A flexible, performant, and developer-friendly schedule management system with deep Laravel integration.

Installation • Quick Start • Features • Documentation • Contributing

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✨ Features

• 🏗️ Eloquent Integration - User HasMany Schedules with period-based scheduling
• ⚡ Business Rules Engine - Configurable validation with Laravel integration
• ⏰ Temporal Operations - Carbon-based date/time manipulation with timezone support
• 🔍 Smart Conflict Detection - Automatic overlap checking with customizable buffers
• 🔄 Recurring Schedules - Support for daily, weekly, monthly, and custom patterns
• 📊 Availability Management - Intelligent time slot generation and conflict resolution
• 🧩 Laravel Native - Facades, service providers, events, and configuration
• 👩‍💻 Developer Experience - Fluent API, comprehensive testing, and clear documentation

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📋 Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11.0+
• Carbon 2.0+ or 3.0+

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📦 Installation

Install Package

composer require laraveljutsu/zap

Setup

# Publish and run migrations
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=zap-migrations
php artisan migrate

# Publish configuration (optional)
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=zap-config

Add Trait to Models

use Zap\Models\Concerns\HasSchedules;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use HasSchedules;
    // ...
}

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🚀 Quick Start

Basic Schedule

use Zap\Facades\Zap;

$user = User::find(1);

$schedule = Zap::for($user)
    ->named('Doctor Appointment')
    ->description('Annual checkup')
    ->from('2025-03-15')
    ->addPeriod('09:00', '10:00')
    ->save();

Recurring Schedule

// Weekly team meeting
$meeting = Zap::for($user)
    ->named('Team Standup')
    ->from('2025-01-01')
    ->to('2025-12-31')
    ->addPeriod('09:00', '09:30')
    ->weekly(['monday', 'wednesday', 'friday'])
    ->save();

Schedule with Rules

$schedule = Zap::for($user)
    ->named('Client Meeting')
    ->from('2025-03-15')
    ->addPeriod('14:00', '16:00')
    ->noOverlap()                    // Prevent conflicts
    ->workingHoursOnly('09:00', '18:00')  // Business hours only
    ->maxDuration(240)               // Max 4 hours
    ->withMetadata([
        'location' => 'Conference Room A',
        'priority' => 'high'
    ])
    ->save();

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🔧 Advanced Usage

Availability Checking

// Check availability
$available = $user->isAvailableAt('2025-03-15', '14:00', '16:00');

// Get available slots
$slots = $user->getAvailableSlots(
    date: '2025-03-15',
    dayStart: '09:00',
    dayEnd: '17:00',
    slotDuration: 60
);

// Find next available slot
$nextSlot = $user->getNextAvailableSlot(
    afterDate: '2025-03-15',
    duration: 120,
    dayStart: '09:00',
    dayEnd: '17:00'
);

Conflict Management

// Check for conflicts
$conflicts = Zap::findConflicts($schedule);

// Automatic conflict prevention
try {
    $schedule = Zap::for($user)
        ->from('2025-03-15')
        ->addPeriod('14:00', '16:00')
        ->noOverlap()
        ->save();
} catch (ScheduleConflictException $e) {
    $conflicts = $e->getConflictingSchedules();
}

Schedule Queries

// Get schedules for date
$todaySchedules = $user->schedulesForDate(today());

// Get schedules for range
$weekSchedules = $user->schedulesForDateRange('2025-03-11', '2025-03-17');

// Advanced queries
$schedules = Schedule::active()
    ->forDate('2025-03-15')
    ->whereHas('periods', function ($query) {
        $query->whereBetween('start_time', ['09:00', '17:00']);
    })
    ->get();

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⚙️ Configuration

Configure Zap in config/zap.php:

return [
    'default_rules' => [
        'no_overlap' => true,
        'working_hours' => [
            'enabled' => false,
            'start' => '09:00',
            'end' => '17:00',
        ],
        'max_duration' => [
            'enabled' => false,
            'minutes' => 480,
        ],
    ],

    'conflict_detection' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'buffer_minutes' => 0,
        'strict_mode' => true,
    ],

    'cache' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'ttl' => 3600,
        'prefix' => 'zap_schedule_',
    ],
];

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🎯 Use Cases

📅 Appointment Booking System

// Doctor availability
$availability = Zap::for($doctor)
    ->named('Available Hours')
    ->from('2025-03-01')->to('2025-03-31')
    ->addPeriod('09:00', '12:00')
    ->addPeriod('14:00', '17:00')
    ->weekly(['monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday', 'friday'])
    ->save();

// Book appointment
$appointment = Zap::for($doctor)
    ->named('Patient Consultation')
    ->from('2025-03-15')
    ->addPeriod('10:00', '10:30')
    ->noOverlap()
    ->save();

🏢 Meeting Room Management

// Room maintenance
$maintenance = Zap::for($room)
    ->named('Monthly Maintenance')
    ->from('2025-03-01')
    ->addPeriod('18:00', '20:00')
    ->monthly(['day_of_month' => 1])
    ->save();

// Book meeting room
$meeting = Zap::for($room)
    ->named('Board Meeting')
    ->from('2025-03-15')
    ->addPeriod('09:00', '11:00')
    ->noOverlap()
    ->withMetadata([
        'organizer' => 'john@company.com',
        'equipment' => ['projector', 'whiteboard']
    ])
    ->save();

👨‍💼 Employee Shift Management

// Regular shifts
$workSchedule = Zap::for($employee)
    ->named('Regular Shift')
    ->from('2025-01-01')->to('2025-12-31')
    ->addPeriod('09:00', '17:00')
    ->weekly(['monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday', 'friday'])
    ->noWeekends()
    ->save();

// Overtime
$overtime = Zap::for($employee)
    ->named('Overtime - Project Deadline')
    ->from('2025-03-15')
    ->addPeriod('18:00', '22:00')
    ->maxDuration(240)
    ->save();

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📡 Events & Testing

Events

// Listen to schedule events
protected $listen = [
    \Zap\Events\ScheduleCreated::class => [
        \App\Listeners\SendScheduleNotification::class,
    ],
];

Testing Helpers

// Create test schedules easily
$schedule = createScheduleFor($user, [
    'name' => 'Test Meeting',
    'start_date' => '2025-01-01',
    'periods' => [['start_time' => '09:00', 'end_time' => '10:00']],
]);

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🛠️ Performance & Optimization

Database Optimization

// Custom indexes for better performance
Schema::table('schedules', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->index(['schedulable_type', 'start_date', 'is_active']);
});

Caching & Eager Loading

// Optimize queries
$schedules = Schedule::with(['periods', 'schedulable'])
    ->forDateRange('2025-03-01', '2025-03-31')
    ->get();

// Cache control
Cache::tags(['zap', 'schedules'])->flush();

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details.

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/laraveljutsu/zap.git
cd zap
composer install
vendor/bin/pest

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📜 License

Laravel Zap is open-source software licensed under the MIT License.

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🔒 Security

If you discover security vulnerabilities, please email ludo@epekta.com instead of using the issue tracker.

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