add to cart in laravel code example

Example 1: laravel 7 shopping cart tutorial

public function addToCart($id)
    {
        $product = Product::find($id);
 
        if(!$product) {
 
            abort(404);
 
        }
 
        $cart = session()->get('cart');
 
        // if cart is empty then this the first product
        if(!$cart) {
 
            $cart = [
                    $id => [
                        "name" => $product->name,
                        "quantity" => 1,
                        "price" => $product->price,
                        "photo" => $product->photo
                    ]
            ];
 
            session()->put('cart', $cart);
 
            return redirect()->back()->with('success', 'Product added to cart successfully!');
        }
 
        // if cart not empty then check if this product exist then increment quantity
        if(isset($cart[$id])) {
 
            $cart[$id]['quantity']++;
 
            session()->put('cart', $cart);
 
            return redirect()->back()->with('success', 'Product added to cart successfully!');
 
        }
 
        // if item not exist in cart then add to cart with quantity = 1
        $cart[$id] = [
            "name" => $product->name,
            "quantity" => 1,
            "price" => $product->price,
            "photo" => $product->photo
        ];
 
        session()->put('cart', $cart);
 
        return redirect()->back()->with('success', 'Product added to cart successfully!');
    }

Example 2: Cart::total return number format value laravel

For the alternative https://github.com/bumbummen99/LaravelShoppingcart 
which is the forked project of https://github.com/Crinsane/LaravelShoppingcart 
and also support the latest Laravel versions.

There is a method called `Cart::totalFloat()` which will return you float value 
for the cart total.