exchange/database/seeds/RolesAndPermissionsSeeder.php

<?php 
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Roles & Permissions Seeder
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This Seeder class allows you to update and create Roles & Permissions 
| for the Laravel Entrust package. 
|
| USE -> php artisan db:seed --class=RolesAndPermissionsSeeder
| 
| https://github.com/thomasfw/RolesAndPermissionsSeeder
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Make sure you update the namespaces for your User & Entrust models
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
use App\User as User;
use App\Role as Role;
use App\Permission as Permission;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class RolesAndPermissionsSeeder extends Seeder {
	protected $roles = [
	
		'admin' => [
		],
		
		'member' => [	
		],
		
	
	
	];
	
	
	protected $permissions = [
		
		// Add your Permissions here
	
	];
	
    
	 /**
	* Roles
	*
	* @return array()
	*/
	public function roles() 
	{    	
		return $this->roles;
	}
    
	/**
	* Permissions
	*
	* @param  $name
	* @return array()
	*/
	public function permissions($name = '') 
	{
		$single = (array_key_exists($name,$this->permissions) ? array($name =>$this->permissions[$name]) : false );
		return ($name ? $single : $this->permissions);
	}
    
    
	/**
	* Run the Seeder
	*
	* @return void
	*/
	public function run()
	{	
		DB::table(Config::get('entrust.permissions_table'))->delete();
		
		foreach ($this->roles() as $key => $val) {    
			$this->command->info(" ");
			$this->command->info('Creating/updating the \''.$key.'\' role');
			$this->command->info('-----------------------------------------');
			$val['name'] = $key;
			$this->reset($val);
		}
		$this->cleanup();
	}
	
	
	/**
	* Reset Role, Permissions & Users
	*
	* @param  $role
	* @return void
	*/
	public function reset($role) 
	{
		$commandBullet = '  -> ';
		
		// The Old Role
		$originalRole = Role::where('name',$role['name'])->first();
		if($originalRole) Role::where('id',$originalRole->id)->update(['name' => $role['name'].'__remove']);
		    	
		// The New Role
		$newRole = new Role();
		$newRole->name  = $role['name'];
		if(isset($role['display_name'])) $newRole->display_name  = $role['display_name']; // optional
		if(isset($role['description'])) $newRole->description  = $role['description']; // optional
		$newRole->save();
		$this->command->info($commandBullet."Created $role[name] role");
		
		// Set the Permissions (if they exist)
		$pcount = 0;
		if(!empty($role['permissions']))
		{
	    	foreach ($role['permissions'] as $permission_name) {
	    		
	    		$permission = $this->permissions($permission_name);
	    		if($permission === false || (!$permission_name)) {
					$this->command->error($commandBullet."Failed to attach permission '$permission_name'. It does not exist");
	    			continue;
	    		}
	    		
				$newPermission = \Permission::where('name',$permission_name)->first();
				if (!$newPermission) {
					$newPermission = new Permission();
					$newPermission->name = key($permission);
					if(isset($permission['display_name'])) $newPermission->display_name = $permission['display_name']; // optional
					if(isset($permission['description'])) $newPermission->description  = $permission['description']; // optional
					$newPermission->save();
				}	    		
	    		$newRole->attachPermission($newPermission);
	    		$pcount++;
	    	}
		}
		$this->command->info($commandBullet."Attached $pcount permissions to $role[name] role");
		
		// Update old records : Temporary disabled 
		// if ($originalRole) 
		// {  
		// 	$userCount = 0;
		// 	$RoleUsers = DB::table(Config::get('entrust.role_user_table'))->where('role_id',$originalRole->id)->get();
		// 	foreach ($RoleUsers as $user) {
		// 		$u = User::where('id',$user->user_id)->first();
		// 		$u->attachRole($newRole);
		// 		$userCount++;
		// 	}
		// 	$this->command->info($commandBullet."Updated role attachment for $userCount users");
			
		// 	Role::where('id',$originalRole->id)->delete(); // will also remove old role_user records
		// 	$this->command->info($commandBullet."Removed the original $role[name] role");
		// }
	}
	
	
	/**
	* Cleanup()
	* Remove any roles & permissions that have been removed
	* @return void
	*/
	public function cleanup() 
	{
		$commandBullet = '  -> ';
		$this->command->info(" ");
		$this->command->info('Cleaning up roles & permissions:');
		$this->command->info('--------------------------------');
		
		$storedRoles = Role::all();
		if(!empty($storedRoles)) {
	    	$definedRoles = $this->roles();
	    	foreach ($storedRoles as $role) {
	    		if ( !array_key_exists($role->name,$definedRoles) ) {
	    			Role::where('name',$role->name)->delete();    			
	    			$this->command->info($commandBullet.'The \''.$role->name.'\' role was removed');
	    		}
	    	}
	    }
		$storedPerms = DB::table(Config::get('entrust.permissions_table'))->get();
		if(!empty($storedPerms)) {
	    	$definedPerms = $this->permissions();
	    	foreach ($storedPerms as $perm) {
	    		if ( !array_key_exists($perm->name,$definedPerms) ) {
	    			DB::table(Config::get('entrust.permissions_table'))->where('name',$perm->name)->delete();
	    			$this->command->info($commandBullet.'The \''.$perm->name.'\' permission was removed');
	    		}
	    	}
	    }
	    $this->command->info($commandBullet.'Done');
		$this->command->info(" ");
	}
	
}