Laravel Multi-Currency Package

A comprehensive Laravel package for multi-currency support with automatic conversion, IP-based currency detection, caching, and seamless integration.

✨ Features

• 🌍 Automatic Currency Detection - Detects user's currency based on IP geolocation
• 💱 Real-time Exchange Rates - Fetches rates from multiple providers (ExchangeRate-API, CurrencyAPI)
• ⚡ Smart Caching - Database + memory caching to optimize performance
• 🎛️ Manual Currency Switching - User-friendly dropdown with AJAX support
• 🍪 Session & Cookie Support - Remembers user preferences
• 🎨 Blade Directives - Easy integration with @currency() and @currencySymbol
• 🛡️ Middleware Support - Automatic currency detection per request
• 🔧 Artisan Commands - Update exchange rates via command line
• 📱 Responsive UI - Ready-to-use currency switcher component

🚀 Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require yassine-as/laravel-multi-currency

Publish Configuration & Migrations

# Publish config file
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="YassineAs\MultiCurrency\MultiCurrencyServiceProvider" --tag="config"

# Publish migrations
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="YassineAs\MultiCurrency\MultiCurrencyServiceProvider" --tag="migrations"

# Publish views (optional)
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="YassineAs\MultiCurrency\MultiCurrencyServiceProvider" --tag="views"

Run Migrations

php artisan migrate

⚙️ Configuration

Add these variables to your .env file:

# Base currency for your products
DEFAULT_CURRENCY=USD

# Exchange rate provider (exchangerate-api or currencyapi)  
EXCHANGE_RATE_PROVIDER=exchangerate-api

# API Keys (get free keys from providers)
EXCHANGE_RATE_API_KEY=your_exchangerate_api_key
CURRENCY_API_KEY=your_currency_api_key

# Auto-detect currency based on user's IP
AUTO_DETECT_CURRENCY=true

# Cache duration in seconds (3600 = 1 hour)
CURRENCY_CACHE_DURATION=3600

Get Free API Keys

ExchangeRate-API (Recommended):

1. Visit exchangerate-api.com
2. Sign up for free (1,500 requests/month)
3. Copy your API key to EXCHANGE_RATE_API_KEY

CurrencyAPI (Alternative):

1. Visit currencyapi.com
2. Sign up for free (300 requests/month)
3. Copy your API key to CURRENCY_API_KEY

📖 Usage

1. In Blade Templates

{{-- Display price with current currency --}}
<p>Price: @currency($product->price)</p>

{{-- Display just the currency symbol --}}
<span>@currencySymbol</span>

{{-- Include the currency switcher dropdown --}}
@include('multi-currency::currency-switcher')

{{-- Convert specific amount --}}
<p>Converted: @currency(100, 'EUR')</p>

2. In Controllers

<?php

use YassineAs\MultiCurrency\Facades\Currency;

class ProductController extends Controller
{
    public function show(Product $product)
    {
        // Get current currency
        $currentCurrency = Currency::getCurrentCurrency(); // e.g., 'EUR'
        
        // Get currency symbol
        $symbol = Currency::getCurrentSymbol(); // e.g., '€'
        
        // Convert price
        $convertedPrice = Currency::convert($product->price, 'USD', 'EUR');
        
        // Format price with current currency
        $formattedPrice = Currency::format($product->price);
        
        // Set user's currency
        Currency::setCurrency('SAR');
        
        // Get all supported currencies
        $currencies = Currency::getSupportedCurrencies();
        
        return view('products.show', compact('product', 'formattedPrice'));
    }
}

3. In Models

Add these methods to your Product model:

<?php

class Product extends Model
{
    // Get price in specific currency
    public function getPriceInCurrency($currency = null)
    {
        return app('YassineAs\MultiCurrency\Services\CurrencyService')
               ->convert($this->price, config('multi-currency.default_currency'), $currency);
    }
    
    // Get formatted price with currency symbol
    public function getFormattedPrice($currency = null)
    {
        return app('YassineAs\MultiCurrency\Services\CurrencyService')
               ->format($this->price, $currency);
    }
}

4. AJAX Currency Switching

The package includes a ready-to-use currency switcher:

{{-- Add to your layout --}}
@include('multi-currency::currency-switcher')

{{-- Or create custom switcher --}}
<select id="currency-selector">
    @foreach(Currency::getSupportedCurrencies() as $code => $currency)
        <option value="{{ $code }}" {{ Currency::getCurrentCurrency() === $code ? 'selected' : '' }}>
            {{ $currency['symbol'] }} {{ $currency['name'] }}
        </option>
    @endforeach
</select>

<script>
document.getElementById('currency-selector').addEventListener('change', function() {
    fetch('/currency/switch', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
            'X-CSRF-TOKEN': document.querySelector('meta[name="csrf-token"]').content
        },
        body: JSON.stringify({ currency: this.value })
    }).then(() => location.reload());
});
</script>

🎛️ Artisan Commands

Refresh Exchange Rates

# Update all exchange rates
php artisan currency:refresh-rates

# Update rates with specific base currency
php artisan currency:refresh-rates --base=EUR

Schedule Automatic Updates

Add to your app/Console/Kernel.php:

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
    // Update exchange rates every hour
    $schedule->command('currency:refresh-rates')->hourly();
}

🌍 Supported Currencies

The package supports these currencies by default:

Add More Currencies

Edit config/multi-currency.php:

'supported_currencies' => [
    'USD' => ['symbol' => '$', 'name' => 'US Dollar'],
    'EUR' => ['symbol' => '€', 'name' => 'Euro'],
    'JPY' => ['symbol' => '¥', 'name' => 'Japanese Yen'],
    'CAD' => ['symbol' => 'C$', 'name' => 'Canadian Dollar'],
    // Add more currencies...
],

🛣️ API Routes

The package provides these routes:

POST /currency/switch        # Switch currency
GET  /currency/supported     # Get supported currencies

🔧 Advanced Configuration

Custom Exchange Rate Provider

Create your own provider:

// In your ExchangeRateService
protected function fetchFromCustomApi($fromCurrency, $toCurrency, $config)
{
    // Implement your custom API logic
    $response = Http::get('https://your-api.com/rates', [
        'from' => $fromCurrency,
        'to' => $toCurrency,
        'key' => $config['api_key']
    ]);
    
    return $response->json()['rate'] ?? null;
}

Custom Geolocation Service

Override the default IP detection:

// In config/multi-currency.php
'custom_geolocation' => true,

// Create your own GeolocationService
class CustomGeolocationService extends GeolocationService
{
    public function detectCurrency($ip = null)
    {
        // Your custom logic
        return 'USD';
    }
}

🧪 Testing

# Test currency conversion
Currency::convert(100, 'USD', 'EUR');

# Test formatting
Currency::format(100); // Returns: $100.00

# Test currency detection
app('YassineAs\MultiCurrency\Services\GeolocationService')->detectCurrency();

🎨 Frontend Integration

## 🚨 Troubleshooting

### Common Issues

**1. Exchange rates not updating:**
```bash
# Clear cache and refresh rates
php artisan cache:clear
php artisan currency:refresh-rates

2. Currency not detected:

• Check if AUTO_DETECT_CURRENCY=true in .env
• Verify IP detection is working (test with different IPs)

3. API rate limits exceeded:

• Use caching (increase CURRENCY_CACHE_DURATION)
• Consider upgrading your API plan
• Switch to alternative provider

4. Blade directives not working:

• Clear view cache: php artisan view:clear
• Ensure service provider is registered

📝 Changelog

v1.0.0

• Initial release
• Multi-currency support
• IP-based detection
• Exchange rate caching
• Blade directives
• AJAX currency switching

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests
5. Submit a pull request

🙏 Credits

• Author: Yassine AS
• Exchange Rate APIs: ExchangeRate-API, CurrencyAPI
• IP Geolocation: ip-api.com