rokde/laravel-bootstrap-formbuilder

Laravel 5 FormBuilder for Blade Engine and the Twitter Bootstrap CSS Framework

laravel-bootstrap-formbuilder

Laravel 5.1 FormBuilder for Blade Engine and the Twitter Bootstrap CSS Framework., _(*1)

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This FormBuilder enhances the Laravel Collective FormBuilder for its use within the Bootstrap CSS Framework., _(*3)

Installation

$> composer require "rokde/laravel-bootstrap-formbuilder:~0.1"

For Laravel 5.1:, _(*4)

$> composer require "rokde/laravel-bootstrap-formbuilder:~0.0.1"

Then updating:, _(*5)

$> composer update

Next, add your new provider to the providers array of config/app.php:, _(*6)

Rokde\LaravelBootstrap\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,

Finally, add two class aliases to the aliases array of config/app.php:, _(*7)

'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,

We use the Facades from Laravel Collective., _(*8)

Usage

All Bootstrap recommendations for form and input elements are built in, so you do not have to worry about the right classes and tag-soup., _(*9)

Form Groups

{!! Form::openGroup('name', 'Name') !!}
    {!! Form::text('name') !!}
{!! Form::closeGroup() !!}

Will render:, _(*10)

<div class="form-group"><label for="name">Name</label>
    <input class="form-control" name="name" type="text" id="name">
</div>

Error handling is also included., _(*11)

Further Resources

Heavily inspired by Easy Bootstrap Forms In Laravel, so the main credits goes to Stidges., _(*12)

You can read at Laravel Collective another usage examples., _(*13)