Recurrent monthly money donation using Laravel, paystack and bootstrap

To implement a recurrent monthly money donation using Laravel, Paystack, and Bootstrap, you can follow these steps:

1. Install the Paystack package for Laravel by running the following command in your terminal:

composer require yabacon/paystack-php

2. In your Laravel project, create a route for the donation page and a controller to handle the payment process. In the controller, use the Paystack package to initialize a transaction and redirect the user to the Paystack payment page.
3. In the donation page, use Bootstrap to create a form where the user can enter their payment details and select the recurring donation option. When the user submits the form, use JavaScript to make an AJAX request to the controller to initiate the payment process.
4. Once the payment is successful, use the Paystack webhooks feature to handle the recurring payment. You can set up a route in your Laravel project to handle the webhook request and update the user’s donation status in the database.

Here is an example code snippet for the controller that handles the payment process:

use Yabacon\Paystack;

class DonationController extends Controller
{
    public function processPayment(Request $request)
    {
        // Initialize the Paystack API client
        $paystack = new Paystack('SECRET_KEY');

        // Set up the transaction parameters
        $trx_params = [
            'amount' => $request->amount * 100, // Convert to the smallest unit
            'email' => $request->email,
            'recurring' => 'monthly' // Set the payment to be recurring monthly
        ];

        // Initialize the transaction
        $trx = $paystack->transaction->initialize($trx_params);

        // Redirect the user to the Paystack payment page
        return redirect($trx->data->authorization_url);
    }
}

Note: This is just an example to demonstrate the general steps involved in implementing a recurrent monthly donation using Laravel, Paystack, and Bootstrap. You will need to modify the code to fit your specific requirements and ensure that it follows best practices for security and error handling.