The best way to bulk update feature flag values in Laravel Pennant is to use the built-in methods `activateForEveryone` and `deactivateForEveryone`. These methods allow you to update the stored feature values for all users at once, which is ideal when you want to enable or disable a feature globally after testing or development.
How to Bulk Update Feature Flags in Laravel Pennant
- Activate a feature for all users:
Use `Feature::activateForEveryone('feature-name')` to turn on a feature for everyone. You can also pass a second argument to set a rich value for the feature. For example, to activate a feature called `'purchase-button'` with a specific color value:
php
Feature::activateForEveryone('purchase-button', 'seafoam-green');
- Deactivate a feature for all users:
Use `Feature::deactivateForEveryone('feature-name')` to turn off a feature for everyone globally. For example:
php
Feature::deactivateForEveryone('new-api');
- Important considerations:
These bulk update methods only update the stored feature values in Pennant's storage driver. You still need to update the feature definitions in your application code to reflect the desired logic or default state. This ensures that when Pennant resolves the feature flags for new users or after cache expiration, it behaves as expected.
Additional Notes
- To update feature flags for specific scopes or users, you can use the `activate` and `deactivate` methods with the `for()` method to target a particular user or team. However, for bulk updates affecting all users, `activateForEveryone` and `deactivateForEveryone` are the recommended approaches.
- If you want to clear the stored value for a feature and force Pennant to re-resolve it from your feature definitions, you can use `Feature::forget('feature-name')`.
Summary
To bulk update feature flag values in Laravel Pennant, use:
php
Feature::activateForEveryone('feature-name', $optionalValue);
Feature::deactivateForEveryone('feature-name');
This approach efficiently updates the stored feature state for all users, ensuring consistent feature availability across your application[1][7][2].
Citations:
[1] https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/pennant
[2] https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/a-guide-to-feature-flags-in-laravel/
[3] https://hackernoon.com/how-to-manage-feature-flags-with-laravel-pennant
[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/laravel/comments/10yto7q/laravel_pennant_simple_and_lightweight_feature/
[5] https://laravel-news.com/feature-flags-with-laravel-pennant
[6] https://dev.to/saurabh-dhariwal/how-to-manage-feature-flags-with-laravel-pennant-in-2024-1phb
[7] https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/pennant
[8] https://wpwebinfotech.com/blog/laravel-pennant-guide/
[9] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26133977/laravel-bulk-update