• Configuration
• Subscribing To A Plan
• No Card Up Front
• Swapping Subscriptions
• Subscription Quantity
• Cancelling A Subscription
• Resuming A Subscription
• Checking Subscription Status
• Handling Failed Payments
• Invoices

Note: Because of its use of traits, Cashier requires PHP 5.4 or greater.

Laravel Cashier provides an expressive, fluent interface to Stripe's subscription billing services.

First, add the Cashier package to your composer.json file:

"laravel/cashier": "~1.0"

Next, register the Laravel\Cashier\CashierServiceProvider in your app configuration file.

Before using Cashier, we'll need to add several columns to your database. Don't worry, you can use the cashier:table Artisan command to create a migration to add the necessary column. Once the migration has been created, simply run the migrate command.

Next, add the BillableTrait and appropriate date mutators to your model definition:

use Laravel\Cashier\BillableTrait;

class User extends Eloquent {

	use BillableTrait;

	protected $dates = ['trial_ends_at', 'subscription_ends_at'];

}

Finally, set your Stripe key in one of your bootstrap files:

User::setStripeKey('stripe-key');

Once you have a model instance, you can easily subscribe that user to a given Stripe plan:

$user = User::find(1);

$user->subscription('monthly')->create($creditCardToken);

If you would like to apply a coupon when creating the subscription, you may use the withCoupon method:

$user->subscription('monthly')
     ->withCoupon('code')
     ->create($creditCardToken);

The subscription method will automatically create the Stripe subscription, as well as update your database with Stripe customer ID and other relevant billing information. If your plan includes a trial, the trial end date will also automatically be set on the user record.

If your plan has a trial period, make sure to set the trial end date on your model after subscribing:

$user->trial_ends_at = Carbon::now()->addDays(14);

$user->save();

If your application offers a free-trial with no credit-card up front, set the cardUpFront property on your model to false:

protected $cardUpFront = false;

On account creation, be sure to set the trial end date on the model:

$user->trial_ends_at = Carbon::now()->addDays(14);

$user->save();

To swap a user to a new subscription, use the swap method:

$user->subscription('premium')->swap();

If the user is on trial, the trial will be maintained as normal. Also, if a "quantity" exists for the subscription, that quantity will also be maintained.

Sometimes subscriptions are affected by "quantity". For example, your application might charge $10 per month per user on an account. To easily increment or decrement your subscription quantity, use the increment and decrement methods:

$user = User::find(1);

$user->subscription()->increment();

// Add five to the subscription's current quantity...
$user->subscription()->increment(5)

$user->subscription->decrement();

// Subtract five to the subscription's current quantity...
$user->subscription()->decrement(5)

Cancelling a subscription is a walk in the park:

$user->subscription()->cancel();

When a subscription is cancelled, Cashier will automatically set the subscription_ends_at column on your database. This column is used to know when the subscribed method should begin returning false. For example, if a customer cancels a subscription on March 1st, but the subscription was not scheduled to end until March 5th, the subscribed method will continue to return true until March 5th.

If a user has cancelled their subscription and you wish to resume it, use the resume method:

$user->subscription('monthly')->resume($creditCardToken);

If the user cancels a subscription and then resumes that subscription before the subscription has fully expired, they will not be billed immediately. Their subscription will simply be re-activated, and they will be billed on the original billing cycle.

To verify that a user is subscribed to your application, use the subscribed command:

if ($user->subscribed())
{
	//
}

The subscribed method makes a great candidate for a route filter:

Route::filter('subscribed', function()
{
	if (Auth::user() && ! Auth::user()->subscribed())
	{
		return Redirect::to('billing');
	}
});

You may also determine if the user is still within their trial period (if applicable) using the onTrial method:

if ($user->onTrial())
{
	//
}

To determine if the user was once an active subscriber, but has cancelled their subscription, you may use the cancelled method:

if ($user->cancelled())
{
	//
}

You may also determine if a user has cancelled their subscription, but are still on their "grace period" until the subscription fully expires. For example, if a user cancels a subscription on March 5th that was scheduled to end on March 10th, the user is on their "grace period" until March 10th. Note that the subscribed method still returns true during this time.

if ($user->onGracePeriod())
{
	//
}

The everSubscribed method may be used to determine if the user has ever subscribed to a plan in your application:

if ($user->everSubscribed())
{
	//
}

What if a customer's credit card expires? No worries - Cashier includes a Webhook controller that can easily cancel the customer's subscription for you. Just point a route to the controller:

Route::get('stripe/webhook', 'Laravel\Cashier\WebhookController@handleWebhook');

That's it! Failed payments will be captured and handled by the controller. The controller will cancel the customer's subscription after three failed payment attempts. The stripe/webhook URI in this example is just for example. You will need to configure the URI in your Stripe settings.

If you have additional Stripe webhook events you would like to handle, simply extend the Webhook controller:

class WebhookController extends Laravel\Cashier\WebhookController {

	public function handleWebhook()
	{
		// Handle other events...

		// Fallback to failed payment check...
		return parent::handleWebhook();
	}

}

Note: In addition to updating the subscription information in your database, the Webhook controller will also cancel the subscription via the Stripe API.

You can easily retrieve an array of a user's invoices using the invoices method:

$invoices = $user->invoices();

When listing the invoices for the customer, you may use these helper methods to display the relevant invoice information:

{{ $invoice->id }}

{{ $invoice->dateString() }}

{{ $invoice->dollars() }}

Use the downloadInvoice method to generate a PDF download of the invoice. Yes, it's really this easy:

return $user->downloadInvoice($invoice->id, [
	'vendor'  => 'Your Company',
	'product' => 'Your Product',
]);