Using the laravel-currency Package to Retrieve Daily Exchange Rates in Laravel

This article introduces the laravel-currency package, which uses the European Central Bank API to provide free real‑time and historical exchange rates for currencies such as CNY, USD, and JPY.

The package is easy to integrate into a Laravel project; the README contains detailed usage examples. Below are the most common scenarios.

// Get the current exchange rate from USD to CNY

Currency::convert()->from('USD')->to('CNY')->get();

// Convert 100 USD to CNY using the current rate

Currency::convert()->from('USD')->to('CNY')->amount(100)->get();

// Use the rate from a specific date (e.g., 2020‑05‑10) to convert 100 USD to CNY

Currency::convert()->from('USD')->to('CNY')->amount(100)->date('2020-05-10')->get();

Developers interested in currency conversion can follow the link to the GitHub repository, try the examples, or share other useful Laravel extensions.