An example usage of Spatie role and permissions for Laravel

spatie-laravel-role-permission-example.php

<?php
use App\User;
use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;
use Spatie\Permission\Models\Permission;

$editorRole = Role::create(['name' => 'Editor']);
$userRole = Role::create(['name' => 'User']);
$adminRole = Role::create(['name' => 'Admin']);

// Permissions
$editorPermissions = ['manage-settings', 'manage-users'];
$userPermissions = ['manage-articles', 'manage-comments'];
$adminPermissions = array_merge($editorPermissions, $userPermissions);

// Assign Permissions
foreach($editorPermissions as $perm)
{
    $create = Permission::create(['name' => $perm]);
    $editorRole->givePermissionTo($create);
}

foreach($userPermissions as $perm)
{
    $create = Permission::create(['name' => $perm]);
    $userRole->givePermissionTo($create);
}

foreach($adminPermissions as $perm)
{
    $create = Permission::create(['name' => $perm]);
    $adminRole->givePermissionTo($create);
}

// Create Users
$editor = User::create([
	'name' => 'Editor Demo',
	'email' => 'editor@example.com',
	'password' => bcrypt('password123')
]);
$editor->assignRole($editorRole);

$user = User::create([
	'name' => 'User Demo',
	'email' => 'user@example.com',
	'password' => bcrypt('password123')
]);
$user->assignRole($userRole);

$admin = User::create([
	'name' => 'admin Demo',
	'email' => 'admin@example.com',
	'password' => bcrypt('password123')
]);
$admin->assignRole($adminRole);

// Check for permissions
$user->can('manage-articles'); // True
$user->can('manage-settings'); // False
$admin->can('manage-settings'); // True
$admin->can('manage-articles'); // True