Laravel Cashier (Stripe)

• Introduction
• Upgrading Cashier
• Installation
• Configuration
  • Billable Model
  • API Keys
  • Currency Configuration
  • Tax Configuration
  • Logging
  • Using Custom Models
• Quickstart
  • Selling Products
  • Selling Subscriptions
• Customers
  • Retrieving Customers
  • Creating Customers
  • Updating Customers
  • Balances
  • Tax IDs
  • Syncing Customer Data With Stripe
  • Billing Portal
• Payment Methods
  • Storing Payment Methods
  • Retrieving Payment Methods
  • Payment Method Presence
  • Updating the Default Payment Method
  • Adding Payment Methods
  • Deleting Payment Methods
• Subscriptions
  • Creating Subscriptions
  • Checking Subscription Status
  • Changing Prices
  • Subscription Quantity
  • Subscriptions With Multiple Products
  • Multiple Subscriptions
  • Usage Based Billing
  • Subscription Taxes
  • Subscription Anchor Date
  • Canceling Subscriptions
  • Resuming Subscriptions
• Subscription Trials
  • With Payment Method Up Front
  • Without Payment Method Up Front
  • Extending Trials
• Handling Stripe Webhooks
  • Defining Webhook Event Handlers
  • Verifying Webhook Signatures
• Single Charges
  • Simple Charge
  • Charge With Invoice
  • Creating Payment Intents
  • Refunding Charges
• Checkout
  • Product Checkouts
  • Single Charge Checkouts
  • Subscription Checkouts
  • Collecting Tax IDs
  • Guest Checkouts
• Invoices
  • Retrieving Invoices
  • Upcoming Invoices
  • Previewing Subscription Invoices
  • Generating Invoice PDFs
• Handling Failed Payments
  • Confirming Payments
• Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)
  • Payments Requiring Additional Confirmation
  • Off-session Payment Notifications
• Stripe SDK
• Testing

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.

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.

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);
}

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

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

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.

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

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', 'checkout.success')->name('checkout-success');
Route::view('/checkout/cancel', '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

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');

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.

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();

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);

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');

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.

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 canceled 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()) {
    // ...
}

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();
}

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.

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');

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');

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();

Usage Based Billing

Usage based 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 usage billing, you will first need to create a new product in your Stripe dashboard with a usage based billing model and a meter. After creating the meter, store the associated event name and meter ID, which you will need to report and retrieve usage. Then, use the meteredPrice method 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 report the usage of a metered event, you may use the reportMeterEvent method on your Billable model:

$user = User::find(1);
 
$user->reportMeterEvent('emails-sent');

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->reportMeterEvent('emails-sent', quantity: 15);

To retrieve a customer's event summary for a meter, you may use a Billable instance's meterEventSummaries method:

$user = User::find(1);
 
$meterUsage = $user->meterEventSummaries($meterId);
 
$meterUsage->first()->aggregated_value // 10

Please refer to Stripe's Meter Event Summary object documentation for more information on meter event summaries.

To list all meters, you may use a Billable instance's meters method:

$user = User::find(1);
 
$user->meters();

Subscription Taxes

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'],
    ];
}

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();

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.

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),
]);

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

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

Webhooks and CSRF Protection

Since Stripe webhooks need to bypass Laravel's CSRF protection, you should ensure that Laravel does not attempt to validate the CSRF token for incoming Stripe webhooks. To accomplish this, you should exclude stripe/* from CSRF protection in your application's bootstrap/app.php file:

->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
    $middleware->validateCsrfTokens(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...
        }
    }
}

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) {
    // ...
}

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.

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;
});

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' => '[email protected]',
    '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);
});

Subscription Checkouts

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();
});