1. Drag all folders inside the LaravelRanks folder into the root of your Laravel project

2. Change the ranks that you want to have in database\seeders\RankSeeder.php 2.1 (Optional) Customize ranks by adding an array and changing RankName and RankValue to what you want.

    [
    'rankName'  => 'RankName',
    'rankValue' => RankValue,
    ],
   

3. In app\Http\Kernel.php add 'rank' => \App\Http\Middleware\RankChecker::class, at the bottom of $routeMiddleware.

4. Add 'rank', to $fillable in user.php.

5. Add the following to user.php public function rank() { return $this->hasOne(UserRanks::class); }

6. Add $rank = !User::count() ? 999 : 1; in RegistrationController.php after you validate the filled in form details.

7. Add 'rank' => $rank to your User::create for example: User::create([ 'name' => $request->name, 'username' => $request->username, 'email' => $request->email, 'password' => Hash::make($request->password), 'rank' => $rank ])->sendEmailVerificationNotification();

8. Run php artisan migrate.

9. Run php artisan db:seed -class=RankSeeder

You can authorize a rank to access a route by adding them to the middleware() like this:

public function __construct() {
    $this->middleware(['rank:Admin']);
}

Or if you want multiple ranks to be able to access a route:

public function __construct() {
    $this->middleware(['rank:Admin,Moderator']);
}