Introduction
Laravel Cashier Stripe provides an expressive, fluent interface to Stripe's subscription billing services. It handles almost all of the boilerplate subscription billing code you are dreading writing. In addition to basic subscription management, Cashier can handle coupons, swapping subscription, subscription "quantities", cancellation grace periods, and even generate invoice PDFs.
Upgrading Cashier
When upgrading to a new version of Cashier, it's important that you carefully review the upgrade guide.
Warning!
To prevent breaking changes, Cashier uses a fixed Stripe API version. Cashier 15 utilizes Stripe API version2023-10-16
. The Stripe API version will be updated on minor releases in order to make use of new Stripe features and improvements.
Installation
First, install the Cashier package for Stripe using the Composer package manager:
composer require laravel/cashier
After installing the package, publish Cashier's migrations using the vendor:publish
Artisan command:
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="cashier-migrations"
Then, migrate your database:
php artisan migrate
Cashier's migrations will add several columns to your users
table. They will also create a new subscriptions
table to hold all of your customer's subscriptions and a subscription_items
table for subscriptions with multiple prices.
If you wish, you can also publish Cashier's configuration file using the vendor:publish
Artisan command:
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="cashier-config"
Lastly, to ensure Cashier properly handles all Stripe events, remember to configure Cashier's webhook handling.
Warning!
Stripe recommends that any column used for storing Stripe identifiers should be case-sensitive. Therefore, you should ensure the column collation for thestripe_id
column is set toutf8_bin
when using MySQL. More information regarding this can be found in the Stripe documentation.
Configuration
Billable Model
Before using Cashier, add the Billable
trait to your billable model definition. Typically, this will be the App\Models\User
model. This trait provides various methods to allow you to perform common billing tasks, such as creating subscriptions, applying coupons, and updating payment method information:
use Laravel\Cashier\Billable;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use Billable;
}
Cashier assumes your billable model will be the App\Models\User
class that ships with Laravel. If you wish to change this you may specify a different model via the useCustomerModel
method. This method should typically be called in the boot
method of your AppServiceProvider
class:
use App\Models\Cashier\User;
use Laravel\Cashier\Cashier;
/**
* Bootstrap any application services.
*/
public function boot(): void
{
Cashier::useCustomerModel(User::class);
}
Warning!
If you're using a model other than Laravel's suppliedApp\Models\User
model, you'll need to publish and alter the Cashier migrations provided to match your alternative model's table name.
API Keys
Next, you should configure your Stripe API keys in your application's .env
file. You can retrieve your Stripe API keys from the Stripe control panel:
STRIPE_KEY=your-stripe-key
STRIPE_SECRET=your-stripe-secret
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=your-stripe-webhook-secret
Warning!
You should ensure that theSTRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET
environment variable is defined in your application's.env
file, as this variable is used to ensure that incoming webhooks are actually from Stripe.
Currency Configuration
The default Cashier currency is United States Dollars (USD). You can change the default currency by setting the CASHIER_CURRENCY
environment variable within your application's .env
file:
CASHIER_CURRENCY=eur
In addition to configuring Cashier's currency, you may also specify a locale to be used when formatting money values for display on invoices. Internally, Cashier utilizes PHP's NumberFormatter
class to set the currency locale:
CASHIER_CURRENCY_LOCALE=nl_BE
Warning!
In order to use locales other thanen
, ensure theext-intl
PHP extension is installed and configured on your server.
Tax Configuration
Thanks to Stripe Tax, it's possible to automatically calculate taxes for all invoices generated by Stripe. You can enable automatic tax calculation by invoking the calculateTaxes
method in the boot
method of your application's App\Providers\AppServiceProvider
class:
use Laravel\Cashier\Cashier;
/**
* Bootstrap any application services.
*/
public function boot(): void
{
Cashier::calculateTaxes();
}
Once tax calculation has been enabled, any new subscriptions and any one-off invoices that are generated will receive automatic tax calculation.
For this feature to work properly, your customer's billing details, such as the customer's name, address, and tax ID, need to be synced to Stripe. You may use the customer data synchronization and Tax ID methods offered by Cashier to accomplish this.
Warning!
No tax is calculated for single charges or single charge checkouts.
Logging
Cashier allows you to specify the log channel to be used when logging fatal Stripe errors. You may specify the log channel by defining the CASHIER_LOGGER
environment variable within your application's .env
file:
CASHIER_LOGGER=stack
Exceptions that are generated by API calls to Stripe will be logged through your application's default log channel.
Using Custom Models
You are free to extend the models used internally by Cashier by defining your own model and extending the corresponding Cashier model:
use Laravel\Cashier\Subscription as CashierSubscription;
class Subscription extends CashierSubscription
{
// ...
}
After defining your model, you may instruct Cashier to use your custom model via the Laravel\Cashier\Cashier
class. Typically, you should inform Cashier about your custom models in the boot
method of your application's App\Providers\AppServiceProvider
class:
use App\Models\Cashier\Subscription;
use App\Models\Cashier\SubscriptionItem;
/**
* Bootstrap any application services.
*/
public function boot(): void
{
Cashier::useSubscriptionModel(Subscription::class);
Cashier::useSubscriptionItemModel(SubscriptionItem::class);
}
Quickstart
Selling Products
Note:
Before utilizing Stripe Checkout, you should define Products with fixed prices in your Stripe dashboard. In addition, you should configure Cashier's webhook handling.
Offering product and subscription billing via your application can be intimidating. However, thanks to Cashier and Stripe Checkout, you can easily build modern, robust payment integrations.
To charge customers for non-recurring, single-charge products, we'll utilize Cashier to direct customers to Stripe Checkout, where they will provide their payment details and confirm their purchase. Once the payment has been made via Checkout, the customer will be redirected to a success URL of your choosing within your application:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/checkout', function (Request $request) {
$stripePriceId = 'price_deluxe_album';
$quantity = 1;
return $request->user()->checkout([$stripePriceId => $quantity], [
'success_url' => route('checkout-success'),
'cancel_url' => route('checkout-cancel'),
]);
})->name('checkout');
Route::view('checkout.success')->name('checkout-success');
Route::view('checkout.cancel')->name('checkout-cancel');
As you can see in the example above, we will utilize Cashier's provided checkout
method to redirect the customer to Stripe Checkout for a given "price identifier". When using Stripe, "prices" refer to defined prices for specific products.
If necessary, the checkout
method will automatically create a customer in Stripe and connect that Stripe customer record to the corresponding user in your application's database. After completing the checkout session, the customer will be redirected to a dedicated success or cancellation page where you can display an informational message to the customer.
Providing Meta Data to Stripe Checkout
When selling products, it's common to keep track of completed orders and purchased products via Cart
and Order
models defined by your own application. When redirecting customers to Stripe Checkout to complete a purchase, you may need to provide an existing order identifier so that you can associate the completed purchase with the corresponding order when the customer is redirected back to your application.
To accomplish this, you may provide an array of metadata
to the checkout
method. Let's imagine that a pending Order
is created within our application when a user begins the checkout process. Remember, the Cart
and Order
models in this example are illustrative and not provided by Cashier. You are free to implement these concepts based on the needs of your own application:
use App\Models\Cart;
use App\Models\Order;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/cart/{cart}/checkout', function (Request $request, Cart $cart) {
$order = Order::create([
'cart_id' => $cart->id,
'price_ids' => $cart->price_ids,
'status' => 'incomplete',
]);
return $request->user()->checkout($order->price_ids, [
'success_url' => route('checkout-success').'?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}',
'cancel_url' => route('checkout-cancel'),
'metadata' => ['order_id' => $order->id],
]);
})->name('checkout');
As you can see in the example above, when a user begins the checkout process, we will provide all of the cart / order's associated Stripe price identifiers to the checkout
method. Of course, your application is responsible for associating these items with the "shopping cart" or order as a customer adds them. We also provide the order's ID to the Stripe Checkout session via the metadata
array. Finally, we have added the CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID
template variable to the Checkout success route. When Stripe redirects customers back to your application, this template variable will automatically be populated with the Checkout session ID.
Next, let's build the Checkout success route. This is the route that users will be redirected to after their purchase has been completed via Stripe Checkout. Within this route, we can retrieve the Stripe Checkout session ID and the associated Stripe Checkout instance in order to access our provided meta data and update our customer's order accordingly:
use App\Models\Order;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Laravel\Cashier\Cashier;
Route::get('/checkout/success', function (Request $request) {
$sessionId = $request->get('session_id');
if ($sessionId === null) {
return;
}
$session = Cashier::stripe()->checkout->sessions->retrieve($sessionId);
if ($session->payment_status !== 'paid') {
return;
}
$orderId = $session['metadata']['order_id'] ?? null;
$order = Order::findOrFail($orderId);
$order->update(['status' => 'completed']);
return view('checkout-success', ['order' => $order]);
})->name('checkout-success');
Please refer to Stripe's documentation for more information on the data contained by the Checkout session object.
Selling Subscriptions
Note:
Before utilizing Stripe Checkout, you should define Products with fixed prices in your Stripe dashboard. In addition, you should configure Cashier's webhook handling.
Offering product and subscription billing via your application can be intimidating. However, thanks to Cashier and Stripe Checkout, you can easily build modern, robust payment integrations.
To learn how to sell subscriptions using Cashier and Stripe Checkout, let's consider the simple scenario of a subscription service with a basic monthly (price_basic_monthly
) and yearly (price_basic_yearly
) plan. These two prices could be grouped under a "Basic" product (pro_basic
) in our Stripe dashboard. In addition, our subscription service might offer an Expert plan as pro_expert
.
First, let's discover how a customer can subscribe to our services. Of course, you can imagine the customer might click a "subscribe" button for the Basic plan on our application's pricing page. This button or link should direct the user to a Laravel route which creates the Stripe Checkout session for their chosen plan:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/subscription-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()
->newSubscription('default', 'price_basic_monthly')
->trialDays(5)
->allowPromotionCodes()
->checkout([
'success_url' => route('your-success-route'),
'cancel_url' => route('your-cancel-route'),
]);
});
As you can see in the example above, we will redirect the customer to a Stripe Checkout session which will allow them to subscribe to our Basic plan. After a successful checkout or cancellation, the customer will be redirected back to the URL we provided to the checkout
method. To know when their subscription has actually started (since some payment methods require a few seconds to process), we'll also need to configure Cashier's webhook handling.
Now that customers can start subscriptions, we need to restrict certain portions of our application so that only subscribed users can access them. Of course, we can always determine a user's current subscription status via the subscribed
method provided by Cashier's Billable
trait:
@if ($user->subscribed())
<p>You are subscribed.</p>
@endif
We can even easily determine if a user is subscribed to specific product or price:
@if ($user->subscribedToProduct('pro_basic'))
<p>You are subscribed to our Basic product.</p>
@endif
@if ($user->subscribedToPrice('price_basic_monthly'))
<p>You are subscribed to our monthly Basic plan.</p>
@endif
Building a Subscribed Middleware
For convenience, you may wish to create a middleware which determines if the incoming request is from a subscribed user. Once this middleware has been defined, you may easily assign it to a route to prevent users that are not subscribed from accessing the route:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
class Subscribed
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*/
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
{
if (! $request->user()?->subscribed()) {
// Redirect user to billing page and ask them to subscribe...
return redirect('/billing');
}
return $next($request);
}
}
Once the middleware has been defined, you may assign it to a route:
use App\Http\Middleware\Subscribed;
Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
// ...
})->middleware([Subscribed::class]);
Allowing Customers to Manage Their Billing Plan
Of course, customers may want to change their subscription plan to another product or "tier". The easiest way to allow this is by directing customers to Stripe's Customer Billing Portal, which provides a hosted user interface that allows customers to download invoices, update their payment method, and change subscription plans.
First, define a link or button within your application that directs users to a Laravel route which we will utilize to initiate a Billing Portal session:
<a href="{{ route('billing') }}">
Billing
</a>
Next, let's define the route that initiates a Stripe Customer Billing Portal session and redirects the user to the Portal. The redirectToBillingPortal
method accepts the URL that users should be returned to when exiting the Portal:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/billing', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()->redirectToBillingPortal(route('dashboard'));
})->middleware(['auth'])->name('billing');
Note:
As long as you have configured Cashier's webhook handling, Cashier will automatically keep your application's Cashier-related database tables in sync by inspecting the incoming webhooks from Stripe. So, for example, when a user cancels their subscription via Stripe's Customer Billing Portal, Cashier will receive the corresponding webhook and mark the subscription as "cancelled" in your application's database.
Customers
Retrieving Customers
You can retrieve a customer by their Stripe ID using the Cashier::findBillable
method. This method will return an instance of the billable model:
use Laravel\Cashier\Cashier;
$user = Cashier::findBillable($stripeId);
Creating Customers
Occasionally, you may wish to create a Stripe customer without beginning a subscription. You may accomplish this using the createAsStripeCustomer
method:
$stripeCustomer = $user->createAsStripeCustomer();
Once the customer has been created in Stripe, you may begin a subscription at a later date. You may provide an optional $options
array to pass in any additional customer creation parameters that are supported by the Stripe API:
$stripeCustomer = $user->createAsStripeCustomer($options);
You may use the asStripeCustomer
method if you want to return the Stripe customer object for a billable model:
$stripeCustomer = $user->asStripeCustomer();
The createOrGetStripeCustomer
method may be used if you would like to retrieve the Stripe customer object for a given billable model but are not sure whether the billable model is already a customer within Stripe. This method will create a new customer in Stripe if one does not already exist:
$stripeCustomer = $user->createOrGetStripeCustomer();
Updating Customers
Occasionally, you may wish to update the Stripe customer directly with additional information. You may accomplish this using the updateStripeCustomer
method. This method accepts an array of customer update options supported by the Stripe API:
$stripeCustomer = $user->updateStripeCustomer($options);
Balances
Stripe allows you to credit or debit a customer's "balance". Later, this balance will be credited or debited on new invoices. To check the customer's total balance you may use the balance
method that is available on your billable model. The balance
method will return a formatted string representation of the balance in the customer's currency:
$balance = $user->balance();
To credit a customer's balance, you may provide a value to the creditBalance
method. If you wish, you may also provide a description:
$user->creditBalance(500, 'Premium customer top-up.');
Providing a value to the debitBalance
method will debit the customer's balance:
$user->debitBalance(300, 'Bad usage penalty.');
The applyBalance
method will create new customer balance transactions for the customer. You may retrieve these transaction records using the balanceTransactions
method, which may be useful in order to provide a log of credits and debits for the customer to review:
// Retrieve all transactions...
$transactions = $user->balanceTransactions();
foreach ($transactions as $transaction) {
// Transaction amount...
$amount = $transaction->amount(); // $2.31
// Retrieve the related invoice when available...
$invoice = $transaction->invoice();
}
Tax IDs
Cashier offers an easy way to manage a customer's tax IDs. For example, the taxIds
method may be used to retrieve all of the tax IDs that are assigned to a customer as a collection:
$taxIds = $user->taxIds();
You can also retrieve a specific tax ID for a customer by its identifier:
$taxId = $user->findTaxId('txi_belgium');
You may create a new Tax ID by providing a valid type and value to the createTaxId
method:
$taxId = $user->createTaxId('eu_vat', 'BE0123456789');
The createTaxId
method will immediately add the VAT ID to the customer's account. Verification of VAT IDs is also done by Stripe; however, this is an asynchronous process. You can be notified of verification updates by subscribing to the customer.tax_id.updated
webhook event and inspecting the VAT IDs verification
parameter. For more information on handling webhooks, please consult the documentation on defining webhook handlers.
You may delete a tax ID using the deleteTaxId
method:
$user->deleteTaxId('txi_belgium');
Syncing Customer Data With Stripe
Typically, when your application's users update their name, email address, or other information that is also stored by Stripe, you should inform Stripe of the updates. By doing so, Stripe's copy of the information will be in sync with your application's.
To automate this, you may define an event listener on your billable model that reacts to the model's updated
event. Then, within your event listener, you may invoke the syncStripeCustomerDetails
method on the model:
use App\Models\User;
use function Illuminate\Events\queueable;
/**
* The "booted" method of the model.
*/
protected static function booted(): void
{
static::updated(queueable(function (User $customer) {
if ($customer->hasStripeId()) {
$customer->syncStripeCustomerDetails();
}
}));
}
Now, every time your customer model is updated, its information will be synced with Stripe. For convenience, Cashier will automatically sync your customer's information with Stripe on the initial creation of the customer.
You may customize the columns used for syncing customer information to Stripe by overriding a variety of methods provided by Cashier. For example, you may override the stripeName
method to customize the attribute that should be considered the customer's "name" when Cashier syncs customer information to Stripe:
/**
* Get the customer name that should be synced to Stripe.
*/
public function stripeName(): string|null
{
return $this->company_name;
}
Similarly, you may override the stripeEmail
, stripePhone
, stripeAddress
, and stripePreferredLocales
methods. These methods will sync information to their corresponding customer parameters when updating the Stripe customer object. If you wish to take total control over the customer information sync process, you may override the syncStripeCustomerDetails
method.
Billing Portal
Stripe offers an easy way to set up a billing portal so that your customer can manage their subscription, payment methods, and view their billing history. You can redirect your users to the billing portal by invoking the redirectToBillingPortal
method on the billable model from a controller or route:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/billing-portal', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()->redirectToBillingPortal();
});
By default, when the user is finished managing their subscription, they will be able to return to the home
route of your application via a link within the Stripe billing portal. You may provide a custom URL that the user should return to by passing the URL as an argument to the redirectToBillingPortal
method:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/billing-portal', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()->redirectToBillingPortal(route('billing'));
});
If you would like to generate the URL to the billing portal without generating an HTTP redirect response, you may invoke the billingPortalUrl
method:
$url = $request->user()->billingPortalUrl(route('billing'));
Payment Methods
Storing Payment Methods
In order to create subscriptions or perform "one-off" charges with Stripe, you will need to store a payment method and retrieve its identifier from Stripe. The approach used to accomplish this differs based on whether you plan to use the payment method for subscriptions or single charges, so we will examine both below.
Payment Methods for Subscriptions
When storing a customer's credit card information for future use by a subscription, the Stripe "Setup Intents" API must be used to securely gather the customer's payment method details. A "Setup Intent" indicates to Stripe the intention to charge a customer's payment method. Cashier's Billable
trait includes the createSetupIntent
method to easily create a new Setup Intent. You should invoke this method from the route or controller that will render the form which gathers your customer's payment method details:
return view('update-payment-method', [
'intent' => $user->createSetupIntent()
]);
After you have created the Setup Intent and passed it to the view, you should attach its secret to the element that will gather the payment method. For example, consider this "update payment method" form:
<input id="card-holder-name" type="text">
<!-- Stripe Elements Placeholder -->
<div id="card-element"></div>
<button id="card-button" data-secret="{{ $intent->client_secret }}">
Update Payment Method
</button>
Next, the Stripe.js library may be used to attach a Stripe Element to the form and securely gather the customer's payment details:
<script src="https://js.stripe.com/v3/"></script>
<script>
const stripe = Stripe('stripe-public-key');
const elements = stripe.elements();
const cardElement = elements.create('card');
cardElement.mount('#card-element');
</script>
Next, the card can be verified and a secure "payment method identifier" can be retrieved from Stripe using Stripe's confirmCardSetup
method:
const cardHolderName = document.getElementById('card-holder-name');
const cardButton = document.getElementById('card-button');
const clientSecret = cardButton.dataset.secret;
cardButton.addEventListener('click', async (e) => {
const { setupIntent, error } = await stripe.confirmCardSetup(
clientSecret, {
payment_method: {
card: cardElement,
billing_details: { name: cardHolderName.value }
}
}
);
if (error) {
// Display "error.message" to the user...
} else {
// The card has been verified successfully...
}
});
After the card has been verified by Stripe, you may pass the resulting setupIntent.payment_method
identifier to your Laravel application, where it can be attached to the customer. The payment method can either be added as a new payment method or used to update the default payment method. You can also immediately use the payment method identifier to create a new subscription.
Note:
If you would like more information about Setup Intents and gathering customer payment details please review this overview provided by Stripe.
Payment Methods for Single Charges
Of course, when making a single charge against a customer's payment method, we will only need to use a payment method identifier once. Due to Stripe limitations, you may not use the stored default payment method of a customer for single charges. You must allow the customer to enter their payment method details using the Stripe.js library. For example, consider the following form:
<input id="card-holder-name" type="text">
<!-- Stripe Elements Placeholder -->
<div id="card-element"></div>
<button id="card-button">
Process Payment
</button>
After defining such a form, the Stripe.js library may be used to attach a Stripe Element to the form and securely gather the customer's payment details:
<script src="https://js.stripe.com/v3/"></script>
<script>
const stripe = Stripe('stripe-public-key');
const elements = stripe.elements();
const cardElement = elements.create('card');
cardElement.mount('#card-element');
</script>
Next, the card can be verified and a secure "payment method identifier" can be retrieved from Stripe using Stripe's createPaymentMethod
method:
const cardHolderName = document.getElementById('card-holder-name');
const cardButton = document.getElementById('card-button');
cardButton.addEventListener('click', async (e) => {
const { paymentMethod, error } = await stripe.createPaymentMethod(
'card', cardElement, {
billing_details: { name: cardHolderName.value }
}
);
if (error) {
// Display "error.message" to the user...
} else {
// The card has been verified successfully...
}
});
If the card is verified successfully, you may pass the paymentMethod.id
to your Laravel application and process a single charge.
Retrieving Payment Methods
The paymentMethods
method on the billable model instance returns a collection of Laravel\Cashier\PaymentMethod
instances:
$paymentMethods = $user->paymentMethods();
By default, this method will return payment methods of every type. To retrieve payment methods of a specific type, you may pass the type
as an argument to the method:
$paymentMethods = $user->paymentMethods('sepa_debit');
To retrieve the customer's default payment method, the defaultPaymentMethod
method may be used:
$paymentMethod = $user->defaultPaymentMethod();
You can retrieve a specific payment method that is attached to the billable model using the findPaymentMethod
method:
$paymentMethod = $user->findPaymentMethod($paymentMethodId);
Payment Method Presence
To determine if a billable model has a default payment method attached to their account, invoke the hasDefaultPaymentMethod
method:
if ($user->hasDefaultPaymentMethod()) {
// ...
}
You may use the hasPaymentMethod
method to determine if a billable model has at least one payment method attached to their account:
if ($user->hasPaymentMethod()) {
// ...
}
This method will determine if the billable model has any payment method at all. To determine if a payment method of a specific type exists for the model, you may pass the type
as an argument to the method:
if ($user->hasPaymentMethod('sepa_debit')) {
// ...
}
Updating the Default Payment Method
The updateDefaultPaymentMethod
method may be used to update a customer's default payment method information. This method accepts a Stripe payment method identifier and will assign the new payment method as the default billing payment method:
$user->updateDefaultPaymentMethod($paymentMethod);
To sync your default payment method information with the customer's default payment method information in Stripe, you may use the updateDefaultPaymentMethodFromStripe
method:
$user->updateDefaultPaymentMethodFromStripe();
Warning!
The default payment method on a customer can only be used for invoicing and creating new subscriptions. Due to limitations imposed by Stripe, it may not be used for single charges.
Adding Payment Methods
To add a new payment method, you may call the addPaymentMethod
method on the billable model, passing the payment method identifier:
$user->addPaymentMethod($paymentMethod);
Note:
To learn how to retrieve payment method identifiers please review the payment method storage documentation.
Deleting Payment Methods
To delete a payment method, you may call the delete
method on the Laravel\Cashier\PaymentMethod
instance you wish to delete:
$paymentMethod->delete();
The deletePaymentMethod
method will delete a specific payment method from the billable model:
$user->deletePaymentMethod('pm_visa');
The deletePaymentMethods
method will delete all of the payment method information for the billable model:
$user->deletePaymentMethods();
By default, this method will delete payment methods of every type. To delete payment methods of a specific type you can pass the type
as an argument to the method:
$user->deletePaymentMethods('sepa_debit');
Warning!
If a user has an active subscription, your application should not allow them to delete their default payment method.
Subscriptions
Subscriptions provide a way to set up recurring payments for your customers. Stripe subscriptions managed by Cashier provide support for multiple subscription prices, subscription quantities, trials, and more.
Creating Subscriptions
To create a subscription, first retrieve an instance of your billable model, which typically will be an instance of App\Models\User
. Once you have retrieved the model instance, you may use the newSubscription
method to create the model's subscription:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/user/subscribe', function (Request $request) {
$request->user()->newSubscription(
'default', 'price_monthly'
)->create($request->paymentMethodId);
// ...
});
The first argument passed to the newSubscription
method should be the internal type of the subscription. If your application only offers a single subscription, you might call this default
or primary
. This subscription type is only for internal application usage and is not meant to be shown to users. In addition, it should not contain spaces and it should never be changed after creating the subscription. The second argument is the specific price the user is subscribing to. This value should correspond to the price's identifier in Stripe.
The create
method, which accepts a Stripe payment method identifier or Stripe PaymentMethod
object, will begin the subscription as well as update your database with the billable model's Stripe customer ID and other relevant billing information.
Warning!
Passing a payment method identifier directly to thecreate
subscription method will also automatically add it to the user's stored payment methods.
Collecting Recurring Payments via Invoice Emails
Instead of collecting a customer's recurring payments automatically, you may instruct Stripe to email an invoice to the customer each time their recurring payment is due. Then, the customer may manually pay the invoice once they receive it. The customer does not need to provide a payment method up front when collecting recurring payments via invoices:
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')->createAndSendInvoice();
The amount of time a customer has to pay their invoice before their subscription is cancelled is determined by the days_until_due
option. By default, this is 30 days; however, you may provide a specific value for this option if you wish:
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')->createAndSendInvoice([], [
'days_until_due' => 30
]);
Quantities
If you would like to set a specific quantity for the price when creating the subscription, you should invoke the quantity
method on the subscription builder before creating the subscription:
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->quantity(5)
->create($paymentMethod);
Additional Details
If you would like to specify additional customer or subscription options supported by Stripe, you may do so by passing them as the second and third arguments to the create
method:
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')->create($paymentMethod, [
'email' => $email,
], [
'metadata' => ['note' => 'Some extra information.'],
]);
Coupons
If you would like to apply a coupon when creating the subscription, you may use the withCoupon
method:
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->withCoupon('code')
->create($paymentMethod);
Or, if you would like to apply a Stripe promotion code, you may use the withPromotionCode
method:
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->withPromotionCode('promo_code_id')
->create($paymentMethod);
The given promotion code ID should be the Stripe API ID assigned to the promotion code and not the customer facing promotion code. If you need to find a promotion code ID based on a given customer facing promotion code, you may use the findPromotionCode
method:
// Find a promotion code ID by its customer facing code...
$promotionCode = $user->findPromotionCode('SUMMERSALE');
// Find an active promotion code ID by its customer facing code...
$promotionCode = $user->findActivePromotionCode('SUMMERSALE');
In the example above, the returned $promotionCode
object is an instance of Laravel\Cashier\PromotionCode
. This class decorates an underlying Stripe\PromotionCode
object. You can retrieve the coupon related to the promotion code by invoking the coupon
method:
$coupon = $user->findPromotionCode('SUMMERSALE')->coupon();
The coupon instance allows you to determine the discount amount and whether the coupon represents a fixed discount or percentage based discount:
if ($coupon->isPercentage()) {
return $coupon->percentOff().'%'; // 21.5%
} else {
return $coupon->amountOff(); // $5.99
}
You can also retrieve the discounts that are currently applied to a customer or subscription:
$discount = $billable->discount();
$discount = $subscription->discount();
The returned Laravel\Cashier\Discount
instances decorate an underlying Stripe\Discount
object instance. You may retrieve the coupon related to this discount by invoking the coupon
method:
$coupon = $subscription->discount()->coupon();
If you would like to apply a new coupon or promotion code to a customer or subscription, you may do so via the applyCoupon
or applyPromotionCode
methods:
$billable->applyCoupon('coupon_id');
$billable->applyPromotionCode('promotion_code_id');
$subscription->applyCoupon('coupon_id');
$subscription->applyPromotionCode('promotion_code_id');
Remember, you should use the Stripe API ID assigned to the promotion code and not the customer facing promotion code. Only one coupon or promotion code can be applied to a customer or subscription at a given time.
For more info on this subject, please consult the Stripe documentation regarding coupons and promotion codes.
Adding Subscriptions
If you would like to add a subscription to a customer who already has a default payment method you may invoke the add
method on the subscription builder:
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::find(1);
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')->add();
Creating Subscriptions From the Stripe Dashboard
You may also create subscriptions from the Stripe dashboard itself. When doing so, Cashier will sync newly added subscriptions and assign them a type of default
. To customize the subscription type that is assigned to dashboard created subscriptions, define webhook event handlers.
In addition, you may only create one type of subscription via the Stripe dashboard. If your application offers multiple subscriptions that use different types, only one type of subscription may be added through the Stripe dashboard.
Finally, you should always make sure to only add one active subscription per type of subscription offered by your application. If a customer has two default
subscriptions, only the most recently added subscription will be used by Cashier even though both would be synced with your application's database.
Checking Subscription Status
Once a customer is subscribed to your application, you may easily check their subscription status using a variety of convenient methods. First, the subscribed
method returns true
if the customer has an active subscription, even if the subscription is currently within its trial period. The subscribed
method accepts the type of the subscription as its first argument:
if ($user->subscribed('default')) {
// ...
}
The subscribed
method also makes a great candidate for a route middleware, allowing you to filter access to routes and controllers based on the user's subscription status:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
class EnsureUserIsSubscribed
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* @param \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response) $next
*/
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
{
if ($request->user() && ! $request->user()->subscribed('default')) {
// This user is not a paying customer...
return redirect('billing');
}
return $next($request);
}
}
If you would like to determine if a user is still within their trial period, you may use the onTrial
method. This method can be useful for determining if you should display a warning to the user that they are still on their trial period:
if ($user->subscription('default')->onTrial()) {
// ...
}
The subscribedToProduct
method may be used to determine if the user is subscribed to a given product based on a given Stripe product's identifier. In Stripe, products are collections of prices. In this example, we will determine if the user's default
subscription is actively subscribed to the application's "premium" product. The given Stripe product identifier should correspond to one of your product's identifiers in the Stripe dashboard:
if ($user->subscribedToProduct('prod_premium', 'default')) {
// ...
}
By passing an array to the subscribedToProduct
method, you may determine if the user's default
subscription is actively subscribed to the application's "basic" or "premium" product:
if ($user->subscribedToProduct(['prod_basic', 'prod_premium'], 'default')) {
// ...
}
The subscribedToPrice
method may be used to determine if a customer's subscription corresponds to a given price ID:
if ($user->subscribedToPrice('price_basic_monthly', 'default')) {
// ...
}
The recurring
method may be used to determine if the user is currently subscribed and is no longer within their trial period:
if ($user->subscription('default')->recurring()) {
// ...
}
Warning!
If a user has two subscriptions with the same type, the most recent subscription will always be returned by thesubscription
method. For example, a user might have two subscription records with the type ofdefault
; however, one of the subscriptions may be an old, expired subscription, while the other is the current, active subscription. The most recent subscription will always be returned while older subscriptions are kept in the database for historical review.
Canceled Subscription Status
To determine if the user was once an active subscriber but has canceled their subscription, you may use the canceled
method:
if ($user->subscription('default')->canceled()) {
// ...
}
You may also determine if a user has canceled 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 originally scheduled to expire 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 ($user->subscription('default')->onGracePeriod()) {
// ...
}
To determine if the user has canceled their subscription and is no longer within their "grace period", you may use the ended
method:
if ($user->subscription('default')->ended()) {
// ...
}
Incomplete and Past Due Status
If a subscription requires a secondary payment action after creation the subscription will be marked as incomplete
. Subscription statuses are stored in the stripe_status
column of Cashier's subscriptions
database table.
Similarly, if a secondary payment action is required when swapping prices the subscription will be marked as past_due
. When your subscription is in either of these states it will not be active until the customer has confirmed their payment. Determining if a subscription has an incomplete payment may be accomplished using the hasIncompletePayment
method on the billable model or a subscription instance:
if ($user->hasIncompletePayment('default')) {
// ...
}
if ($user->subscription('default')->hasIncompletePayment()) {
// ...
}
When a subscription has an incomplete payment, you should direct the user to Cashier's payment confirmation page, passing the latestPayment
identifier. You may use the latestPayment
method available on subscription instance to retrieve this identifier:
<a href="{{ route('cashier.payment', $subscription->latestPayment()->id) }}">
Please confirm your payment.
</a>
If you would like the subscription to still be considered active when it's in a past_due
or incomplete
state, you may use the keepPastDueSubscriptionsActive
and keepIncompleteSubscriptionsActive
methods provided by Cashier. Typically, these methods should be called in the register
method of your App\Providers\AppServiceProvider
:
use Laravel\Cashier\Cashier;
/**
* Register any application services.
*/
public function register(): void
{
Cashier::keepPastDueSubscriptionsActive();
Cashier::keepIncompleteSubscriptionsActive();
}
Warning!
When a subscription is in anincomplete
state it cannot be changed until the payment is confirmed. Therefore, theswap
andupdateQuantity
methods will throw an exception when the subscription is in anincomplete
state.
Subscription Scopes
Most subscription states are also available as query scopes so that you may easily query your database for subscriptions that are in a given state:
// Get all active subscriptions...
$subscriptions = Subscription::query()->active()->get();
// Get all of the canceled subscriptions for a user...
$subscriptions = $user->subscriptions()->canceled()->get();
A complete list of available scopes is available below:
Subscription::query()->active();
Subscription::query()->canceled();
Subscription::query()->ended();
Subscription::query()->incomplete();
Subscription::query()->notCanceled();
Subscription::query()->notOnGracePeriod();
Subscription::query()->notOnTrial();
Subscription::query()->onGracePeriod();
Subscription::query()->onTrial();
Subscription::query()->pastDue();
Subscription::query()->recurring();
Changing Prices
After a customer is subscribed to your application, they may occasionally want to change to a new subscription price. To swap a customer to a new price, pass the Stripe price's identifier to the swap
method. When swapping prices, it is assumed that the user would like to re-activate their subscription if it was previously canceled. The given price identifier should correspond to a Stripe price identifier available in the Stripe dashboard:
use App\Models\User;
$user = App\Models\User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->swap('price_yearly');
If the customer is on trial, the trial period will be maintained. Additionally, if a "quantity" exists for the subscription, that quantity will also be maintained.
If you would like to swap prices and cancel any trial period the customer is currently on, you may invoke the skipTrial
method:
$user->subscription('default')
->skipTrial()
->swap('price_yearly');
If you would like to swap prices and immediately invoice the customer instead of waiting for their next billing cycle, you may use the swapAndInvoice
method:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->swapAndInvoice('price_yearly');
Prorations
By default, Stripe prorates charges when swapping between prices. The noProrate
method may be used to update the subscription's price without prorating the charges:
$user->subscription('default')->noProrate()->swap('price_yearly');
For more information on subscription proration, consult the Stripe documentation.
Warning!
Executing thenoProrate
method before theswapAndInvoice
method will have no effect on proration. An invoice will always be issued.
Subscription Quantity
Sometimes subscriptions are affected by "quantity". For example, a project management application might charge $10 per month per project. You may use the incrementQuantity
and decrementQuantity
methods to easily increment or decrement your subscription quantity:
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->incrementQuantity();
// Add five to the subscription's current quantity...
$user->subscription('default')->incrementQuantity(5);
$user->subscription('default')->decrementQuantity();
// Subtract five from the subscription's current quantity...
$user->subscription('default')->decrementQuantity(5);
Alternatively, you may set a specific quantity using the updateQuantity
method:
$user->subscription('default')->updateQuantity(10);
The noProrate
method may be used to update the subscription's quantity without prorating the charges:
$user->subscription('default')->noProrate()->updateQuantity(10);
For more information on subscription quantities, consult the Stripe documentation.
Quantities for Subscriptions With Multiple Products
If your subscription is a subscription with multiple products, you should pass the ID of the price whose quantity you wish to increment or decrement as the second argument to the increment / decrement methods:
$user->subscription('default')->incrementQuantity(1, 'price_chat');
Subscriptions With Multiple Products
Subscription with multiple products allow you to assign multiple billing products to a single subscription. For example, imagine you are building a customer service "helpdesk" application that has a base subscription price of $10 per month but offers a live chat add-on product for an additional $15 per month. Information for subscriptions with multiple products is stored in Cashier's subscription_items
database table.
You may specify multiple products for a given subscription by passing an array of prices as the second argument to the newSubscription
method:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/user/subscribe', function (Request $request) {
$request->user()->newSubscription('default', [
'price_monthly',
'price_chat',
])->create($request->paymentMethodId);
// ...
});
In the example above, the customer will have two prices attached to their default
subscription. Both prices will be charged on their respective billing intervals. If necessary, you may use the quantity
method to indicate a specific quantity for each price:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->newSubscription('default', ['price_monthly', 'price_chat'])
->quantity(5, 'price_chat')
->create($paymentMethod);
If you would like to add another price to an existing subscription, you may invoke the subscription's addPrice
method:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->addPrice('price_chat');
The example above will add the new price and the customer will be billed for it on their next billing cycle. If you would like to bill the customer immediately you may use the addPriceAndInvoice
method:
$user->subscription('default')->addPriceAndInvoice('price_chat');
If you would like to add a price with a specific quantity, you can pass the quantity as the second argument of the addPrice
or addPriceAndInvoice
methods:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->addPrice('price_chat', 5);
You may remove prices from subscriptions using the removePrice
method:
$user->subscription('default')->removePrice('price_chat');
Warning!
You may not remove the last price on a subscription. Instead, you should simply cancel the subscription.
Swapping Prices
You may also change the prices attached to a subscription with multiple products. For example, imagine a customer has a price_basic
subscription with a price_chat
add-on product and you want to upgrade the customer from the price_basic
to the price_pro
price:
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->swap(['price_pro', 'price_chat']);
When executing the example above, the underlying subscription item with the price_basic
is deleted and the one with the price_chat
is preserved. Additionally, a new subscription item for the price_pro
is created.
You can also specify subscription item options by passing an array of key / value pairs to the swap
method. For example, you may need to specify the subscription price quantities:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->swap([
'price_pro' => ['quantity' => 5],
'price_chat'
]);
If you want to swap a single price on a subscription, you may do so using the swap
method on the subscription item itself. This approach is particularly useful if you would like to preserve all of the existing metadata on the subscription's other prices:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')
->findItemOrFail('price_basic')
->swap('price_pro');
Proration
By default, Stripe will prorate charges when adding or removing prices from a subscription with multiple products. If you would like to make a price adjustment without proration, you should chain the noProrate
method onto your price operation:
$user->subscription('default')->noProrate()->removePrice('price_chat');
Quantities
If you would like to update quantities on individual subscription prices, you may do so using the existing quantity methods by passing the ID of the price as an additional argument to the method:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->incrementQuantity(5, 'price_chat');
$user->subscription('default')->decrementQuantity(3, 'price_chat');
$user->subscription('default')->updateQuantity(10, 'price_chat');
Warning!
When a subscription has multiple prices thestripe_price
andquantity
attributes on theSubscription
model will benull
. To access the individual price attributes, you should use theitems
relationship available on theSubscription
model.
Subscription Items
When a subscription has multiple prices, it will have multiple subscription "items" stored in your database's subscription_items
table. You may access these via the items
relationship on the subscription:
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::find(1);
$subscriptionItem = $user->subscription('default')->items->first();
// Retrieve the Stripe price and quantity for a specific item...
$stripePrice = $subscriptionItem->stripe_price;
$quantity = $subscriptionItem->quantity;
You can also retrieve a specific price using the findItemOrFail
method:
$user = User::find(1);
$subscriptionItem = $user->subscription('default')->findItemOrFail('price_chat');
Multiple Subscriptions
Stripe allows your customers to have multiple subscriptions simultaneously. For example, you may run a gym that offers a swimming subscription and a weight-lifting subscription, and each subscription may have different pricing. Of course, customers should be able to subscribe to either or both plans.
When your application creates subscriptions, you may provide the type of the subscription to the newSubscription
method. The type may be any string that represents the type of subscription the user is initiating:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/swimming/subscribe', function (Request $request) {
$request->user()->newSubscription('swimming')
->price('price_swimming_monthly')
->create($request->paymentMethodId);
// ...
});
In this example, we initiated a monthly swimming subscription for the customer. However, they may want to swap to a yearly subscription at a later time. When adjusting the customer's subscription, we can simply swap the price on the swimming
subscription:
$user->subscription('swimming')->swap('price_swimming_yearly');
Of course, you may also cancel the subscription entirely:
$user->subscription('swimming')->cancel();
Metered Billing
Metered billing allows you to charge customers based on their product usage during a billing cycle. For example, you may charge customers based on the number of text messages or emails they send per month.
To start using metered billing, you will first need to create a new product in your Stripe dashboard with a metered price. Then, use the meteredPrice
to add the metered price ID to a customer subscription:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/user/subscribe', function (Request $request) {
$request->user()->newSubscription('default')
->meteredPrice('price_metered')
->create($request->paymentMethodId);
// ...
});
You may also start a metered subscription via Stripe Checkout:
$checkout = Auth::user()
->newSubscription('default', [])
->meteredPrice('price_metered')
->checkout();
return view('your-checkout-view', [
'checkout' => $checkout,
]);
Reporting Usage
As your customer uses your application, you will report their usage to Stripe so that they can be billed accurately. To increment the usage of a metered subscription, you may use the reportUsage
method:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->reportUsage();
By default, a "usage quantity" of 1 is added to the billing period. Alternatively, you may pass a specific amount of "usage" to add to the customer's usage for the billing period:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->reportUsage(15);
If your application offers multiple prices on a single subscription, you will need to use the reportUsageFor
method to specify the metered price you want to report usage for:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->reportUsageFor('price_metered', 15);
Sometimes, you may need to update usage which you have previously reported. To accomplish this, you may pass a timestamp or a DateTimeInterface
instance as the second parameter to reportUsage
. When doing so, Stripe will update the usage that was reported at that given time. You can continue to update previous usage records as the given date and time is still within the current billing period:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->subscription('default')->reportUsage(5, $timestamp);
Retrieving Usage Records
To retrieve a customer's past usage, you may use a subscription instance's usageRecords
method:
$user = User::find(1);
$usageRecords = $user->subscription('default')->usageRecords();
If your application offers multiple prices on a single subscription, you may use the usageRecordsFor
method to specify the metered price that you wish to retrieve usage records for:
$user = User::find(1);
$usageRecords = $user->subscription('default')->usageRecordsFor('price_metered');
The usageRecords
and usageRecordsFor
methods return a Collection instance containing an associative array of usage records. You may iterate over this array to display a customer's total usage:
@foreach ($usageRecords as $usageRecord)
- Period Starting: {{ $usageRecord['period']['start'] }}
- Period Ending: {{ $usageRecord['period']['end'] }}
- Total Usage: {{ $usageRecord['total_usage'] }}
@endforeach
For a full reference of all usage data returned and how to use Stripe's cursor based pagination, please consult the official Stripe API documentation.
Subscription Taxes
Warning!
Instead of calculating Tax Rates manually, you can automatically calculate taxes using Stripe Tax
To specify the tax rates a user pays on a subscription, you should implement the taxRates
method on your billable model and return an array containing the Stripe tax rate IDs. You can define these tax rates in your Stripe dashboard:
/**
* The tax rates that should apply to the customer's subscriptions.
*
* @return array<int, string>
*/
public function taxRates(): array
{
return ['txr_id'];
}
The taxRates
method enables you to apply a tax rate on a customer-by-customer basis, which may be helpful for a user base that spans multiple countries and tax rates.
If you're offering subscriptions with multiple products, you may define different tax rates for each price by implementing a priceTaxRates
method on your billable model:
/**
* The tax rates that should apply to the customer's subscriptions.
*
* @return array<string, array<int, string>>
*/
public function priceTaxRates(): array
{
return [
'price_monthly' => ['txr_id'],
];
}
Warning!
ThetaxRates
method only applies to subscription charges. If you use Cashier to make "one-off" charges, you will need to manually specify the tax rate at that time.
Syncing Tax Rates
When changing the hard-coded tax rate IDs returned by the taxRates
method, the tax settings on any existing subscriptions for the user will remain the same. If you wish to update the tax value for existing subscriptions with the new taxRates
values, you should call the syncTaxRates
method on the user's subscription instance:
$user->subscription('default')->syncTaxRates();
This will also sync any item tax rates for a subscription with multiple products. If your application is offering subscriptions with multiple products, you should ensure that your billable model implements the priceTaxRates
method discussed above.
Tax Exemption
Cashier also offers the isNotTaxExempt
, isTaxExempt
, and reverseChargeApplies
methods to determine if the customer is tax exempt. These methods will call the Stripe API to determine a customer's tax exemption status:
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::find(1);
$user->isTaxExempt();
$user->isNotTaxExempt();
$user->reverseChargeApplies();
Warning!
These methods are also available on anyLaravel\Cashier\Invoice
object. However, when invoked on anInvoice
object, the methods will determine the exemption status at the time the invoice was created.
Subscription Anchor Date
By default, the billing cycle anchor is the date the subscription was created or, if a trial period is used, the date that the trial ends. If you would like to modify the billing anchor date, you may use the anchorBillingCycleOn
method:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/user/subscribe', function (Request $request) {
$anchor = Carbon::parse('first day of next month');
$request->user()->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->anchorBillingCycleOn($anchor->startOfDay())
->create($request->paymentMethodId);
// ...
});
For more information on managing subscription billing cycles, consult the Stripe billing cycle documentation
Cancelling Subscriptions
To cancel a subscription, call the cancel
method on the user's subscription:
$user->subscription('default')->cancel();
When a subscription is canceled, Cashier will automatically set the ends_at
column in your subscriptions
database table. This column is used to know when the subscribed
method should begin returning false
.
For example, if a customer cancels a subscription on March 1st, but the subscription was not scheduled to end until March 5th, the subscribed
method will continue to return true
until March 5th. This is done because a user is typically allowed to continue using an application until the end of their billing cycle.
You may determine if a user has canceled their subscription but are still on their "grace period" using the onGracePeriod
method:
if ($user->subscription('default')->onGracePeriod()) {
// ...
}
If you wish to cancel a subscription immediately, call the cancelNow
method on the user's subscription:
$user->subscription('default')->cancelNow();
If you wish to cancel a subscription immediately and invoice any remaining un-invoiced metered usage or new / pending proration invoice items, call the cancelNowAndInvoice
method on the user's subscription:
$user->subscription('default')->cancelNowAndInvoice();
You may also choose to cancel the subscription at a specific moment in time:
$user->subscription('default')->cancelAt(
now()->addDays(10)
);
Finally, you should always cancel user subscriptions before deleting the associated user model:
$user->subscription('default')->cancelNow();
$user->delete();
Resuming Subscriptions
If a customer has canceled their subscription and you wish to resume it, you may invoke the resume
method on the subscription. The customer must still be within their "grace period" in order to resume a subscription:
$user->subscription('default')->resume();
If the customer cancels a subscription and then resumes that subscription before the subscription has fully expired the customer will not be billed immediately. Instead, their subscription will be re-activated and they will be billed on the original billing cycle.
Subscription Trials
With Payment Method Up Front
If you would like to offer trial periods to your customers while still collecting payment method information up front, you should use the trialDays
method when creating your subscriptions:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/user/subscribe', function (Request $request) {
$request->user()->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->trialDays(10)
->create($request->paymentMethodId);
// ...
});
This method will set the trial period ending date on the subscription record within the database and instruct Stripe to not begin billing the customer until after this date. When using the trialDays
method, Cashier will overwrite any default trial period configured for the price in Stripe.
Warning!
If the customer's subscription is not canceled before the trial ending date they will be charged as soon as the trial expires, so you should be sure to notify your users of their trial ending date.
The trialUntil
method allows you to provide a DateTime
instance that specifies when the trial period should end:
use Carbon\Carbon;
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->trialUntil(Carbon::now()->addDays(10))
->create($paymentMethod);
You may determine if a user is within their trial period using either the onTrial
method of the user instance or the onTrial
method of the subscription instance. The two examples below are equivalent:
if ($user->onTrial('default')) {
// ...
}
if ($user->subscription('default')->onTrial()) {
// ...
}
You may use the endTrial
method to immediately end a subscription trial:
$user->subscription('default')->endTrial();
To determine if an existing trial has expired, you may use the hasExpiredTrial
methods:
if ($user->hasExpiredTrial('default')) {
// ...
}
if ($user->subscription('default')->hasExpiredTrial()) {
// ...
}
Defining Trial Days in Stripe / Cashier
You may choose to define how many trial days your price's receive in the Stripe dashboard or always pass them explicitly using Cashier. If you choose to define your price's trial days in Stripe you should be aware that new subscriptions, including new subscriptions for a customer that had a subscription in the past, will always receive a trial period unless you explicitly call the skipTrial()
method.
Without Payment Method Up Front
If you would like to offer trial periods without collecting the user's payment method information up front, you may set the trial_ends_at
column on the user record to your desired trial ending date. This is typically done during user registration:
use App\Models\User;
$user = User::create([
// ...
'trial_ends_at' => now()->addDays(10),
]);
Warning!
Be sure to add a date cast for thetrial_ends_at
attribute within your billable model's class definition.
Cashier refers to this type of trial as a "generic trial", since it is not attached to any existing subscription. The onTrial
method on the billable model instance will return true
if the current date is not past the value of trial_ends_at
:
if ($user->onTrial()) {
// User is within their trial period...
}
Once you are ready to create an actual subscription for the user, you may use the newSubscription
method as usual:
$user = User::find(1);
$user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')->create($paymentMethod);
To retrieve the user's trial ending date, you may use the trialEndsAt
method. This method will return a Carbon date instance if a user is on a trial or null
if they aren't. You may also pass an optional subscription type parameter if you would like to get the trial ending date for a specific subscription other than the default one:
if ($user->onTrial()) {
$trialEndsAt = $user->trialEndsAt('main');
}
You may also use the onGenericTrial
method if you wish to know specifically that the user is within their "generic" trial period and has not yet created an actual subscription:
if ($user->onGenericTrial()) {
// User is within their "generic" trial period...
}
Extending Trials
The extendTrial
method allows you to extend the trial period of a subscription after the subscription has been created. If the trial has already expired and the customer is already being billed for the subscription, you can still offer them an extended trial. The time spent within the trial period will be deducted from the customer's next invoice:
use App\Models\User;
$subscription = User::find(1)->subscription('default');
// End the trial 7 days from now...
$subscription->extendTrial(
now()->addDays(7)
);
// Add an additional 5 days to the trial...
$subscription->extendTrial(
$subscription->trial_ends_at->addDays(5)
);
Handling Stripe Webhooks
Note:
You may use the Stripe CLI to help test webhooks during local development.
Stripe can notify your application of a variety of events via webhooks. By default, a route that points to Cashier's webhook controller is automatically registered by the Cashier service provider. This controller will handle all incoming webhook requests.
By default, the Cashier webhook controller will automatically handle cancelling subscriptions that have too many failed charges (as defined by your Stripe settings), customer updates, customer deletions, subscription updates, and payment method changes; however, as we'll soon discover, you can extend this controller to handle any Stripe webhook event you like.
To ensure your application can handle Stripe webhooks, be sure to configure the webhook URL in the Stripe control panel. By default, Cashier's webhook controller responds to the /stripe/webhook
URL path. The full list of all webhooks you should enable in the Stripe control panel are:
customer.subscription.created
customer.subscription.updated
customer.subscription.deleted
customer.updated
customer.deleted
payment_method.automatically_updated
invoice.payment_action_required
invoice.payment_succeeded
For convenience, Cashier includes a cashier:webhook
Artisan command. This command will create a webhook in Stripe that listens to all of the events required by Cashier:
php artisan cashier:webhook
By default, the created webhook will point to the URL defined by the APP_URL
environment variable and the cashier.webhook
route that is included with Cashier. You may provide the --url
option when invoking the command if you would like to use a different URL:
php artisan cashier:webhook --url "https://example.com/stripe/webhook"
The webhook that is created will use the Stripe API version that your version of Cashier is compatible with. If you would like to use a different Stripe version, you may provide the --api-version
option:
php artisan cashier:webhook --api-version="2019-12-03"
After creation, the webhook will be immediately active. If you wish to create the webhook but have it disabled until you're ready, you may provide the --disabled
option when invoking the command:
php artisan cashier:webhook --disabled
Warning!
Make sure you protect incoming Stripe webhook requests with Cashier's included webhook signature verification middleware.
Webhooks and CSRF Protection
Since Stripe webhooks need to bypass Laravel's CSRF protection, be sure to list the URI as an exception in your application's App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken
middleware or list the route outside of the web
middleware group:
protected $except = [
'stripe/*',
];
Defining Webhook Event Handlers
Cashier automatically handles subscription cancellations for failed charges and other common Stripe webhook events. However, if you have additional webhook events you would like to handle, you may do so by listening to the following events that are dispatched by Cashier:
Laravel\Cashier\Events\WebhookReceived
Laravel\Cashier\Events\WebhookHandled
Both events contain the full payload of the Stripe webhook. For example, if you wish to handle the invoice.payment_succeeded
webhook, you may register a listener that will handle the event:
<?php
namespace App\Listeners;
use Laravel\Cashier\Events\WebhookReceived;
class StripeEventListener
{
/**
* Handle received Stripe webhooks.
*/
public function handle(WebhookReceived $event): void
{
if ($event->payload['type'] === 'invoice.payment_succeeded') {
// Handle the incoming event...
}
}
}
Once your listener has been defined, you may register it within your application's EventServiceProvider
:
<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use App\Listeners\StripeEventListener;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\EventServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
use Laravel\Cashier\Events\WebhookReceived;
class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
protected $listen = [
WebhookReceived::class => [
StripeEventListener::class,
],
];
}
Verifying Webhook Signatures
To secure your webhooks, you may use Stripe's webhook signatures. For convenience, Cashier automatically includes a middleware which validates that the incoming Stripe webhook request is valid.
To enable webhook verification, ensure that the STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET
environment variable is set in your application's .env
file. The webhook secret
may be retrieved from your Stripe account dashboard.
Single Charges
Simple Charge
If you would like to make a one-time charge against a customer, you may use the charge
method on a billable model instance. You will need to provide a payment method identifier as the second argument to the charge
method:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/purchase', function (Request $request) {
$stripeCharge = $request->user()->charge(
100, $request->paymentMethodId
);
// ...
});
The charge
method accepts an array as its third argument, allowing you to pass any options you wish to the underlying Stripe charge creation. More information regarding the options available to you when creating charges may be found in the Stripe documentation:
$user->charge(100, $paymentMethod, [
'custom_option' => $value,
]);
You may also use the charge
method without an underlying customer or user. To accomplish this, invoke the charge
method on a new instance of your application's billable model:
use App\Models\User;
$stripeCharge = (new User)->charge(100, $paymentMethod);
The charge
method will throw an exception if the charge fails. If the charge is successful, an instance of Laravel\Cashier\Payment
will be returned from the method:
try {
$payment = $user->charge(100, $paymentMethod);
} catch (Exception $e) {
// ...
}
Warning!
Thecharge
method accepts the payment amount in the lowest denominator of the currency used by your application. For example, if customers are paying in United States Dollars, amounts should be specified in pennies.
Charge With Invoice
Sometimes you may need to make a one-time charge and offer a PDF invoice to your customer. The invoicePrice
method lets you do just that. For example, let's invoice a customer for five new shirts:
$user->invoicePrice('price_tshirt', 5);
The invoice will be immediately charged against the user's default payment method. The invoicePrice
method also accepts an array as its third argument. This array contains the billing options for the invoice item. The fourth argument accepted by the method is also an array which should contain the billing options for the invoice itself:
$user->invoicePrice('price_tshirt', 5, [
'discounts' => [
['coupon' => 'SUMMER21SALE']
],
], [
'default_tax_rates' => ['txr_id'],
]);
Similarly to invoicePrice
, you may use the tabPrice
method to create a one-time charge for multiple items (up to 250 items per invoice) by adding them to the customer's "tab" and then invoicing the customer. For example, we may invoice a customer for five shirts and two mugs:
$user->tabPrice('price_tshirt', 5);
$user->tabPrice('price_mug', 2);
$user->invoice();
Alternatively, you may use the invoiceFor
method to make a "one-off" charge against the customer's default payment method:
$user->invoiceFor('One Time Fee', 500);
Although the invoiceFor
method is available for you to use, it is recommended that you use the invoicePrice
and tabPrice
methods with pre-defined prices. By doing so, you will have access to better analytics and data within your Stripe dashboard regarding your sales on a per-product basis.
Warning!
Theinvoice
,invoicePrice
, andinvoiceFor
methods will create a Stripe invoice which will retry failed billing attempts. If you do not want invoices to retry failed charges, you will need to close them using the Stripe API after the first failed charge.
Creating Payment Intents
You can create a new Stripe payment intent by invoking the pay
method on a billable model instance. Calling this method will create a payment intent that is wrapped in a Laravel\Cashier\Payment
instance:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/pay', function (Request $request) {
$payment = $request->user()->pay(
$request->get('amount')
);
return $payment->client_secret;
});
After creating the payment intent, you can return the client secret to your application's frontend so that the user can complete the payment in their browser. To read more about building entire payment flows using Stripe payment intents, please consult the Stripe documentation.
When using the pay
method, the default payment methods that are enabled within your Stripe dashboard will be available to the customer. Alternatively, if you only want to allow for some specific payment methods to be used, you may use the payWith
method:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::post('/pay', function (Request $request) {
$payment = $request->user()->payWith(
$request->get('amount'), ['card', 'bancontact']
);
return $payment->client_secret;
});
Warning!
Thepay
andpayWith
methods accept the payment amount in the lowest denominator of the currency used by your application. For example, if customers are paying in United States Dollars, amounts should be specified in pennies.
Refunding Charges
If you need to refund a Stripe charge, you may use the refund
method. This method accepts the Stripe payment intent ID as its first argument:
$payment = $user->charge(100, $paymentMethodId);
$user->refund($payment->id);
Invoices
Retrieving Invoices
You may easily retrieve an array of a billable model's invoices using the invoices
method. The invoices
method returns a collection of Laravel\Cashier\Invoice
instances:
$invoices = $user->invoices();
If you would like to include pending invoices in the results, you may use the invoicesIncludingPending
method:
$invoices = $user->invoicesIncludingPending();
You may use the findInvoice
method to retrieve a specific invoice by its ID:
$invoice = $user->findInvoice($invoiceId);
Displaying Invoice Information
When listing the invoices for the customer, you may use the invoice's methods to display the relevant invoice information. For example, you may wish to list every invoice in a table, allowing the user to easily download any of them:
<table>
@foreach ($invoices as $invoice)
<tr>
<td>{{ $invoice->date()->toFormattedDateString() }}</td>
<td>{{ $invoice->total() }}</td>
<td><a href="/user/invoice/{{ $invoice->id }}">Download</a></td>
</tr>
@endforeach
</table>
Upcoming Invoices
To retrieve the upcoming invoice for a customer, you may use the upcomingInvoice
method:
$invoice = $user->upcomingInvoice();
Similarly, if the customer has multiple subscriptions, you can also retrieve the upcoming invoice for a specific subscription:
$invoice = $user->subscription('default')->upcomingInvoice();
Previewing Subscription Invoices
Using the previewInvoice
method, you can preview an invoice before making price changes. This will allow you to determine what your customer's invoice will look like when a given price change is made:
$invoice = $user->subscription('default')->previewInvoice('price_yearly');
You may pass an array of prices to the previewInvoice
method in order to preview invoices with multiple new prices:
$invoice = $user->subscription('default')->previewInvoice(['price_yearly', 'price_metered']);
Generating Invoice PDFs
Before generating invoice PDFs, you should use Composer to install the Dompdf library, which is the default invoice renderer for Cashier:
composer require dompdf/dompdf
From within a route or controller, you may use the downloadInvoice
method to generate a PDF download of a given invoice. This method will automatically generate the proper HTTP response needed to download the invoice:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/user/invoice/{invoice}', function (Request $request, string $invoiceId) {
return $request->user()->downloadInvoice($invoiceId);
});
By default, all data on the invoice is derived from the customer and invoice data stored in Stripe. The filename is based on your app.name
config value. However, you can customize some of this data by providing an array as the second argument to the downloadInvoice
method. This array allows you to customize information such as your company and product details:
return $request->user()->downloadInvoice($invoiceId, [
'vendor' => 'Your Company',
'product' => 'Your Product',
'street' => 'Main Str. 1',
'location' => '2000 Antwerp, Belgium',
'phone' => '+32 499 00 00 00',
'email' => 'info@example.com',
'url' => 'https://example.com',
'vendorVat' => 'BE123456789',
]);
The downloadInvoice
method also allows for a custom filename via its third argument. This filename will automatically be suffixed with .pdf
:
return $request->user()->downloadInvoice($invoiceId, [], 'my-invoice');
Custom Invoice Renderer
Cashier also makes it possible to use a custom invoice renderer. By default, Cashier uses the DompdfInvoiceRenderer
implementation, which utilizes the dompdf PHP library to generate Cashier's invoices. However, you may use any renderer you wish by implementing the Laravel\Cashier\Contracts\InvoiceRenderer
interface. For example, you may wish to render an invoice PDF using an API call to a third-party PDF rendering service:
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
use Laravel\Cashier\Contracts\InvoiceRenderer;
use Laravel\Cashier\Invoice;
class ApiInvoiceRenderer implements InvoiceRenderer
{
/**
* Render the given invoice and return the raw PDF bytes.
*/
public function render(Invoice $invoice, array $data = [], array $options = []): string
{
$html = $invoice->view($data)->render();
return Http::get('https://example.com/html-to-pdf', ['html' => $html])->get()->body();
}
}
Once you have implemented the invoice renderer contract, you should update the cashier.invoices.renderer
configuration value in your application's config/cashier.php
configuration file. This configuration value should be set to the class name of your custom renderer implementation.
Checkout
Cashier Stripe also provides support for Stripe Checkout. Stripe Checkout takes the pain out of implementing custom pages to accept payments by providing a pre-built, hosted payment page.
The following documentation contains information on how to get started using Stripe Checkout with Cashier. To learn more about Stripe Checkout, you should also consider reviewing Stripe's own documentation on Checkout.
Product Checkouts
You may perform a checkout for an existing product that has been created within your Stripe dashboard using the checkout
method on a billable model. The checkout
method will initiate a new Stripe Checkout session. By default, you're required to pass a Stripe Price ID:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/product-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()->checkout('price_tshirt');
});
If needed, you may also specify a product quantity:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/product-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()->checkout(['price_tshirt' => 15]);
});
When a customer visits this route they will be redirected to Stripe's Checkout page. By default, when a user successfully completes or cancels a purchase they will be redirected to your home
route location, but you may specify custom callback URLs using the success_url
and cancel_url
options:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/product-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()->checkout(['price_tshirt' => 1], [
'success_url' => route('your-success-route'),
'cancel_url' => route('your-cancel-route'),
]);
});
When defining your success_url
checkout option, you may instruct Stripe to add the checkout session ID as a query string parameter when invoking your URL. To do so, add the literal string {CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}
to your success_url
query string. Stripe will replace this placeholder with the actual checkout session ID:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Stripe\Checkout\Session;
use Stripe\Customer;
Route::get('/product-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()->checkout(['price_tshirt' => 1], [
'success_url' => route('checkout-success').'?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}',
'cancel_url' => route('checkout-cancel'),
]);
});
Route::get('/checkout-success', function (Request $request) {
$checkoutSession = $request->user()->stripe()->checkout->sessions->retrieve($request->get('session_id'));
return view('checkout.success', ['checkoutSession' => $checkoutSession]);
})->name('checkout-success');
Promotion Codes
By default, Stripe Checkout does not allow user redeemable promotion codes. Luckily, there's an easy way to enable these for your Checkout page. To do so, you may invoke the allowPromotionCodes
method:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/product-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()
->allowPromotionCodes()
->checkout('price_tshirt');
});
Single Charge Checkouts
You can also perform a simple charge for an ad-hoc product that has not been created in your Stripe dashboard. To do so you may use the checkoutCharge
method on a billable model and pass it a chargeable amount, a product name, and an optional quantity. When a customer visits this route they will be redirected to Stripe's Checkout page:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/charge-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()->checkoutCharge(1200, 'T-Shirt', 5);
});
Warning!
When using thecheckoutCharge
method, Stripe will always create a new product and price in your Stripe dashboard. Therefore, we recommend that you create the products up front in your Stripe dashboard and use thecheckout
method instead.
Subscription Checkouts
Warning!
Using Stripe Checkout for subscriptions requires you to enable thecustomer.subscription.created
webhook in your Stripe dashboard. This webhook will create the subscription record in your database and store all of the relevant subscription items.
You may also use Stripe Checkout to initiate subscriptions. After defining your subscription with Cashier's subscription builder methods, you may call the checkout
method. When a customer visits this route they will be redirected to Stripe's Checkout page:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/subscription-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()
->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->checkout();
});
Just as with product checkouts, you may customize the success and cancellation URLs:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/subscription-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()
->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->checkout([
'success_url' => route('your-success-route'),
'cancel_url' => route('your-cancel-route'),
]);
});
Of course, you can also enable promotion codes for subscription checkouts:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Route::get('/subscription-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user()
->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->allowPromotionCodes()
->checkout();
});
Warning!
Unfortunately Stripe Checkout does not support all subscription billing options when starting subscriptions. Using theanchorBillingCycleOn
method on the subscription builder, setting proration behavior, or setting payment behavior will not have any effect during Stripe Checkout sessions. Please consult the Stripe Checkout Session API documentation to review which parameters are available.
Stripe Checkout and Trial Periods
Of course, you can define a trial period when building a subscription that will be completed using Stripe Checkout:
$checkout = Auth::user()->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->trialDays(3)
->checkout();
However, the trial period must be at least 48 hours, which is the minimum amount of trial time supported by Stripe Checkout.
Subscriptions and Webhooks
Remember, Stripe and Cashier update subscription statuses via webhooks, so there's a possibility a subscription might not yet be active when the customer returns to the application after entering their payment information. To handle this scenario, you may wish to display a message informing the user that their payment or subscription is pending.
Collecting Tax IDs
Checkout also supports collecting a customer's Tax ID. To enable this on a checkout session, invoke the collectTaxIds
method when creating the session:
$checkout = $user->collectTaxIds()->checkout('price_tshirt');
When this method is invoked, a new checkbox will be available to the customer that allows them to indicate if they're purchasing as a company. If so, they will have the opportunity to provide their Tax ID number.
Warning!
If you have already configured automatic tax collection in your application's service provider then this feature will be enabled automatically and there is no need to invoke thecollectTaxIds
method.
Guest Checkouts
Using the Checkout::guest
method, you may initiate checkout sessions for guests of your application that do not have an "account":
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Laravel\Cashier\Checkout;
Route::get('/product-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return Checkout::guest()->create('price_tshirt', [
'success_url' => route('your-success-route'),
'cancel_url' => route('your-cancel-route'),
]);
});
Similarly to when creating checkout sessions for existing users, you may utilize additional methods available on the Laravel\Cashier\CheckoutBuilder
instance to customize the guest checkout session:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Laravel\Cashier\Checkout;
Route::get('/product-checkout', function (Request $request) {
return Checkout::guest()
->withPromotionCode('promo-code')
->create('price_tshirt', [
'success_url' => route('your-success-route'),
'cancel_url' => route('your-cancel-route'),
]);
});
After a guest checkout has been completed, Stripe can dispatch a checkout.session.completed
webhook event, so make sure to configure your Stripe webhook to actually send this event to your application. Once the webhook has been enabled within the Stripe dashboard, you may handle the webhook with Cashier. The object contained in the webhook payload will be a checkout
object that you may inspect in order to fulfill your customer's order.
Handling Failed Payments
Sometimes, payments for subscriptions or single charges can fail. When this happens, Cashier will throw an Laravel\Cashier\Exceptions\IncompletePayment
exception that informs you that this happened. After catching this exception, you have two options on how to proceed.
First, you could redirect your customer to the dedicated payment confirmation page which is included with Cashier. This page already has an associated named route that is registered via Cashier's service provider. So, you may catch the IncompletePayment
exception and redirect the user to the payment confirmation page:
use Laravel\Cashier\Exceptions\IncompletePayment;
try {
$subscription = $user->newSubscription('default', 'price_monthly')
->create($paymentMethod);
} catch (IncompletePayment $exception) {
return redirect()->route(
'cashier.payment',
[$exception->payment->id, 'redirect' => route('home')]
);
}
On the payment confirmation page, the customer will be prompted to enter their credit card information again and perform any additional actions required by Stripe, such as "3D Secure" confirmation. After confirming their payment, the user will be redirected to the URL provided by the redirect
parameter specified above. Upon redirection, message
(string) and success
(integer) query string variables will be added to the URL. The payment page currently supports the following payment method types:
- Credit Cards
- Alipay
- Bancontact
- BECS Direct Debit
- EPS
- Giropay
- iDEAL
- SEPA Direct Debit
Alternatively, you could allow Stripe to handle the payment confirmation for you. In this case, instead of redirecting to the payment confirmation page, you may setup Stripe's automatic billing emails in your Stripe dashboard. However, if an IncompletePayment
exception is caught, you should still inform the user they will receive an email with further payment confirmation instructions.
Payment exceptions may be thrown for the following methods: charge
, invoiceFor
, and invoice
on models using the Billable
trait. When interacting with subscriptions, the create
method on the SubscriptionBuilder
, and the incrementAndInvoice
and swapAndInvoice
methods on the Subscription
and SubscriptionItem
models may throw incomplete payment exceptions.
Determining if an existing subscription has an incomplete payment may be accomplished using the hasIncompletePayment
method on the billable model or a subscription instance:
if ($user->hasIncompletePayment('default')) {
// ...
}
if ($user->subscription('default')->hasIncompletePayment()) {
// ...
}
You can derive the specific status of an incomplete payment by inspecting the payment
property on the exception instance:
use Laravel\Cashier\Exceptions\IncompletePayment;
try {
$user->charge(1000, 'pm_card_threeDSecure2Required');
} catch (IncompletePayment $exception) {
// Get the payment intent status...
$exception->payment->status;
// Check specific conditions...
if ($exception->payment->requiresPaymentMethod()) {
// ...
} elseif ($exception->payment->requiresConfirmation()) {
// ...
}
}
Confirming Payments
Some payment methods require additional data in order to confirm payments. For example, SEPA payment methods require additional "mandate" data during the payment process. You may provide this data to Cashier using the withPaymentConfirmationOptions
method:
$subscription->withPaymentConfirmationOptions([
'mandate_data' => '...',
])->swap('price_xxx');
You may consult the Stripe API documentation to review all of the options accepted when confirming payments.
Strong Customer Authentication
If your business or one of your customers is based in Europe you will need to abide by the EU's Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulations. These regulations were imposed in September 2019 by the European Union to prevent payment fraud. Luckily, Stripe and Cashier are prepared for building SCA compliant applications.
Warning!
Before getting started, review Stripe's guide on PSD2 and SCA as well as their documentation on the new SCA APIs.
Payments Requiring Additional Confirmation
SCA regulations often require extra verification in order to confirm and process a payment. When this happens, Cashier will throw a Laravel\Cashier\Exceptions\IncompletePayment
exception that informs you that extra verification is needed. More information on how to handle these exceptions be found can be found in the documentation on handling failed payments.
Payment confirmation screens presented by Stripe or Cashier may be tailored to a specific bank or card issuer's payment flow and can include additional card confirmation, a temporary small charge, separate device authentication, or other forms of verification.
Incomplete and Past Due State
When a payment needs additional confirmation, the subscription will remain in an incomplete
or past_due
state as indicated by its stripe_status
database column. Cashier will automatically activate the customer's subscription as soon as payment confirmation is complete and your application is notified by Stripe via webhook of its completion.
For more information on incomplete
and past_due
states, please refer to our additional documentation on these states.
Off-Session Payment Notifications
Since SCA regulations require customers to occasionally verify their payment details even while their subscription is active, Cashier can send a notification to the customer when off-session payment confirmation is required. For example, this may occur when a subscription is renewing. Cashier's payment notification can be enabled by setting the CASHIER_PAYMENT_NOTIFICATION
environment variable to a notification class. By default, this notification is disabled. Of course, Cashier includes a notification class you may use for this purpose, but you are free to provide your own notification class if desired:
CASHIER_PAYMENT_NOTIFICATION=Laravel\Cashier\Notifications\ConfirmPayment
To ensure that off-session payment confirmation notifications are delivered, verify that Stripe webhooks are configured for your application and the invoice.payment_action_required
webhook is enabled in your Stripe dashboard. In addition, your Billable
model should also use Laravel's Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable
trait.
Warning!
Notifications will be sent even when customers are manually making a payment that requires additional confirmation. Unfortunately, there is no way for Stripe to know that the payment was done manually or "off-session". But, a customer will simply see a "Payment Successful" message if they visit the payment page after already confirming their payment. The customer will not be allowed to accidentally confirm the same payment twice and incur an accidental second charge.
Stripe SDK
Many of Cashier's objects are wrappers around Stripe SDK objects. If you would like to interact with the Stripe objects directly, you may conveniently retrieve them using the asStripe
method:
$stripeSubscription = $subscription->asStripeSubscription();
$stripeSubscription->application_fee_percent = 5;
$stripeSubscription->save();
You may also use the updateStripeSubscription
method to update a Stripe subscription directly:
$subscription->updateStripeSubscription(['application_fee_percent' => 5]);
You may invoke the stripe
method on the Cashier
class if you would like to use the Stripe\StripeClient
client directly. For example, you could use this method to access the StripeClient
instance and retrieve a list of prices from your Stripe account:
use Laravel\Cashier\Cashier;
$prices = Cashier::stripe()->prices->all();
Testing
When testing an application that uses Cashier, you may mock the actual HTTP requests to the Stripe API; however, this requires you to partially re-implement Cashier's own behavior. Therefore, we recommend allowing your tests to hit the actual Stripe API. While this is slower, it provides more confidence that your application is working as expected and any slow tests may be placed within their own PHPUnit testing group.
When testing, remember that Cashier itself already has a great test suite, so you should only focus on testing the subscription and payment flow of your own application and not every underlying Cashier behavior.
To get started, add the testing version of your Stripe secret to your phpunit.xml
file:
<env name="STRIPE_SECRET" value="sk_test_<your-key>"/>
Now, whenever you interact with Cashier while testing, it will send actual API requests to your Stripe testing environment. For convenience, you should pre-fill your Stripe testing account with subscriptions / prices that you may use during testing.
Note:
In order to test a variety of billing scenarios, such as credit card denials and failures, you may use the vast range of testing card numbers and tokens provided by Stripe.