---
title: "Reaction breakdown — Likes for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Likes::for()->summary() returns totals, per-type counts, the top reaction and the viewer’s own reaction for reaction bars."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/likes-for-laravel/reaction-summary
language: en
---

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# Reaction breakdown

Likes::for($post)->summary() — or $post->reactionSummary() on the model — returns a ReactionSummary for reaction bars and counters: one grouped count query plus, at most, one lookup for the viewer’s reaction:

```php
$summary = Likes::for($post)->summary($viewer); // viewer optional; same as $post->reactionSummary()
$summary->total;            // int — sum of all reactions
$summary->counts;           // ['like' => 8, 'love' => 4]
$summary->countFor('love'); // int
$summary->has('love');      // bool
$summary->top;              // ?string — most-used type (config order breaks ties), null if none
$summary->viewerReaction;   // ?string — the viewer's active reaction (the first configured one if several), null without one
$summary->toArray();        // ['total' => .., 'counts' => [...], 'top' => .., 'viewer' => ..]
```

- counts maps each reaction type to its count, ordered by type on every database; countFor() returns 0 for a type nobody used.
- top is the most-used type; ties go to the type listed first in reactions. When no configured type is present any more, top is the most-used stored type, ties alphabetical. viewerReaction is the viewer’s active reaction — the first configured one if they left several.
- Pass a viewer, or let it default to the resolved actor. For guests viewerReaction is null — it never throws.

## A reaction bar in Blade

```blade
@php($summary = $post->reactionSummary())

@foreach ($summary->counts as $type => $count)
    <span @class(['font-semibold' => $summary->viewerReaction === $type])>
        {{ $type }} {{ $count }}
    </span>
@endforeach
```

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