taylornetwork/presenter

A presenter class for Laravel.

Presenter for Laravel

Adds another place to put logic for models. Instead of cluttering up models with logic to display/format data, add them to a presenter!, _(*1)

This is a rewrite of laracasts/Presenter with some added functionality, commands, etc., _(*2)

Install

Via Composer, _(*3)

``` bash $ composer require taylornetwork/presenter, <sub>(*4)</sub>

## Setup

Add the service provider to the providers array in `config/app.php`

``` php
'providers' => [

    TaylorNetwork\Presenter\PresenterServiceProvider::class,

],

Publish Config

``` bash $ php artisan vendor:publish, <sub>(*5)</sub>

This will add `config/presenter.php` where you can define the namespace you want your presenter classes to be stored.

## Usage

Create a presenter using the artisan command, for example a presenter for the User model.

``` bash
$ php artisan make:presenter UserPresenter

This will create a presenter class you can add logic to that you don't want in the model or the view. Model attributes are accessible via $this->model, <sub>(*6)</sub>

``` php use TaylorNetwork\Presenter\Presenter;, <sub>(*7)</sub>

class UserPresenter extends Presenter { /** * Get the user's full name * * @return string */ public function fullName() { return $this->model->first_name . ' ' . $this->model->last_name; }, <sub>(*8)</sub>

/**
 * Get the time since the user signed up
 *
 * @return string
 */
public function userSince()
{
    return $this->model->created_at->diffForHumans();
}

}, <sub>(*9)</sub>

You will need to add the presentable trait and a `$presenter` property to your model

``` php

use TaylorNetwork\Presenter\Presentable;
use App\Presenters\UserPresenter;

class User extends Model
{
    use Presentable;

    /**
     * Presenter Class
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $presenter = UserPresenter::class;

    // Code
}

You can access the presenter with present(), <sub>(*10)</sub>

php <h1>{{ $user->present()->fullName }}, you signed up {{ $user->present()->userSince }}</h1>, <sub>(*11)</sub>

Credits

• Main Author: Sam Taylor

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information., <sub>(*12)</sub>