Feature Usage seems to be wrong

[jimiero]

Hello @mckenziearts ,

I think this method here may be wrong

public function canUseFeature(string $featureSlug): bool
    {

        $featureValue = $this->getFeatureValue($featureSlug);

        $usage = $this->usage()->byFeatureSlug($featureSlug)->first();

        if ($featureValue === 'true') {
            return true;
        }

        // If the feature value is zero, let's return false since
        // there's no uses available. (useful to disable countable features)
        if (! $usage || $usage->expired() || $featureValue === null || $featureValue === '0' || $featureValue === 'false') {
            return false;
        }

        // Check for available uses
        return $this->getFeatureRemainings($featureSlug) > 0;
    }

why will it fail if there's not usages done already ?

lets say user purchase a plan with feature "contacts" with limit 30

Then if you do

$user->subscription->canUseFeature('contacts')

it will return false, because he never made use of that feature...

[JELmzabi]

+1

@jimiero Any solution? I have the same issue and am looking for a workaround or fix. If you've found a solution, could you please share the steps or code changes you used? Thanks in advance! 🙏 .

[jimiero]

@JELmzabi unfortunately, I haven't because I'm also expecting to see if this package is maintained if not I'd rather using different one @mckenziearts do you have any input

[JELmzabi]

I think we should initialize usage. I have created a function that does that, but I’m not sure if it’s the best solution.

public function initializeSubscriptionUsage(Subscription $subscription) {
        $features = $subscription->plan->features;

        $usages = [];

        foreach ($features as $feature) {
            $featureValue = $feature->value;

            if(is_numeric($featureValue) && $featureValue != '0') {
                $usages[]= [
                    'subscription_id' => $subscription->getKey(),
                    'feature_id' => $feature->getKey(),
                    'used' => 0,
                ];   
            }
        }

        return $subscription->usage()->createMany($usages);
    }

[jimiero]

@JELmzabi where did you put that method?

[JELmzabi]

@jimiero in a service

[jimiero]

@JELmzabi a bit more details? when exactly do you initialize it ?

[JELmzabi]

@jimiero When a user subscribes to a plan, I initialize their usage

[jimiero]

@JELmzabi do you have discord or something where we can discuss?

[AayushN01]

@JELmzabi I have tried a similar approach of setting the feature usage to 0. But I am facing an issue with this function.
canUseFeature(string $featureSlug):
I have three subscription plans, each with different limits for features like posts and invitations. For example, if I have a plan with ID=1, I can post up to the allowed limit. However, if I switch to a different plan and haven’t used up the features from the previous one, I’m still unable to post. The response I got using this code is blank.

 function checkFeatureUsage($user, $subscription, $feature)
    {
        $planSubscription = $user->planSubscription($subscription->slug);
        if(!$planSubscription)
        {
            \Log::error('No plans subscription found for user:' . $user->id . 'with subscription: '.$subscription->name);
            return false;
        }
        $canUseFeature = $planSubscription->canUseFeature($feature);
        return $canUseFeature;
    }

Have you faced such issues?