library blade-menu

poma/blade-menu

Simple laravel menu based on blade templates

This component is still not ready for use, I will update it in a few days

Blade menu

I believe that building menus should be as simple as defining routes in your laravel application. Also it easier to customize blade template than php code that generates menu HTML., _(*1)

Getting Started

Menus can be defined in app/routes.php or any other place you wish as long as it is auto loaded when a request hits your application., _(*2)

Here is a basic usage:, _(*3)

Menu::make('main', function()
{
    Menu::route('home', 'Home page');
    Menu::route('about', 'About');
    Menu::submenu('Submenu', [], function()
    {
        Menu::url('/section/item1', 'Item 1');
        Menu::url('/section/item2', 'Item 2');
    });
});

Rendering To render menu just include blade template with menu instance as argument, _(*4)

@include('parts.menu', ['menu' => Menu::get('main')])

Installation

In the require key of composer.json file add "poma/blade-menu": "dev-master":, _(*5)

...
"require": {
    "laravel/framework": "5.1.*",
    "poma/blade-menu": "dev-master"
}

Run the composer update command:, _(*6)

composer update

Now append Laravel Menu service provider to providers array in config/app.php., _(*7)

'providers' => [
    Illuminate\Foundation\Providers\ArtisanServiceProvider::class,
    Illuminate\Auth\AuthServiceProvider::class,
    ...
    Poma\BladeMenu\MenuServiceProvider::class,
],

At the end of config/app.php add 'Menu' => Poma\BladeMenu\MenuFacade::class to the aliases array:, _(*8)

'aliases' => [
    'App'        => Illuminate\Support\Facades\App::class,
    'Artisan'    => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan::class,
    ...
    'Menu'       => Poma\BladeMenu\MenuFacade::class,
],

This registers the package with Laravel and creates an alias called Menu., _(*9)