derduesseldorf/formbuilder

Formbuilder Package to build Forms with validation

Formbuilder Package for Laravel

A small formbuilder for Laravel Models, _(*1)

About

This Package is in early status., _(*2)

Installing

Require this package in your composer.json, _(*3)

"derduesseldorf/formbuilder" : "dev-master", _(*4)

After updating composer add the ServiceProvider to the providers in your app/config/app.php, _(*5)

"Derduesseldord\Formbuilder\FormbuilderServiceProvider", _(*6)

Add the Facade to the aliases in app/config/app.php, _(*7)

"Formbuilder" => "Derduesseldorf\Formbuilder\FormBuilderFacade", _(*8)

Configuration

To publish the configuration for the Formbuilder Package run, _(*9)

php artisan config:publish derduesseldorf/formbuilder, _(*10)

Possible Settings

• use-labels
  is used to display labels in your form (Recommended: true), _(*11)

• wrapper-class
  sets the class around the form wrapper, _(*12)

• section-class
  sets the class around the form sections / fields, _(*13)

• form-class
  sets the class form the form, _(*14)

• exclude-fields
  exclude fields from beeing displayed by default, _(*15)

• form-types
  strongly recommended to leave as it is. Defines types for input fields, _(*16)

• form-options
  Defines options for inputs, _(*17)

The Form View

The view is located under, _(*18)

<root>/vendor/derduesseldorf/formbuilder/src/views/forms/formbuilder.blade.php, _(*19)

The HTML is clean. So you can style it your way., _(*20)

How to use

• The simplest way
  $form = Formbuilder::form(new YourModel)->render();
  Assign $form to your View, _(*21)

• With Form attributes
  $form = Formbuilder::form(new YourModel);
$form->withAttributes(array('url' => 'actionurl', 'method' => 'post|get|put|delete'))
$form = $form->render();
  Documentation on Laravel.com - Opening a form, _(*22)

• With Field excludes
  $form = Formbuilder::form(new YourModel);
$form->withAttributes(array('url' => 'actionurl', 'method' => 'post|get|put|delete'))
$form->excludeFields(array('of', 'excluded', 'field'))
$form = $form->render();, _(*23)

• With Enable/Disable labels
  $form = Formbuilder::form(new YourModel);
$form->withAttributes(array('url' => 'actionurl', 'method' => 'post|get|put|delete'))
$form->excludeFields(array('of', 'excluded', 'field'))
$form->withLabels(true|false) $form = $form->render();, _(*24)