library categorize

teepluss/categorize

Laravel 4 Categorize

Multi Level Category.

Categorize is a category management for Laravel 4., _(*1)

Installation

• Categorize on Packagist
• Categorize on GitHub

To get the lastest version of Theme simply require it in your composer.json file., _(*2)

"teepluss/categorize": "dev-master"

You'll then need to run composer install to download it and have the autoloader updated., _(*3)

Once Attach is installed you need to register the service provider with the application. Open up app/config/app.php and find the providers key., _(*4)

'providers' => array(

    'Teepluss\Categorize\CategorizeServiceProvider'

)

Publish config using artisan CLI., _(*5)

php artisan config:publish teepluss/categorize

Migrate tables., _(*6)

php artisan migrate --package=teepluss/categorize

Usage

Creating category as a root., _(*7)

$categorize = Categorize::prepare(array(
    'type'        => 'Product',
    'title'       => 'Hardware',
    'description' => 'Hardware is a ...'
));

$categorize->makeRoot();

Creating category as a child of parent., _(*8)

$categorize = Categorize::prepare(array(
    'type'        => 'Product',
    'title'       => 'Hardware - CPU',
    'description' => 'CPU is a ...'
));

$parent = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findById(1);
// or
// $parent = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware');

$categorize->makeChildOf($parent);

Moving to a new root., _(*9)

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware - CPU');

$category->makeRoot();

Moving to another parent., _(*10)

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware - CPU');

$parent = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Software');

$category->makeChildOf($parent);

Update information., _(*11)

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware - CPU');
$category->fill(array(
    'title'       => 'Software - Office',
    'description' => 'Documenting'
));

$category->save();

Delete with children., _(*12)

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware');

$category->deleteWithChildren();

List category as tree., _(*13)

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware');

var_dump($category->getChildren()->toArray());

Build categories as tree., _(*14)

$categories = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->whereType('Blog')->get();

// Build only root categories.

$categories = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->root()->whereType('Blog')->get();

var_dump(Categorize::tree($categories)->toArray());

Using categorize with model.

Define relation to model, _(*15)

public function categories()
{
    return $this->morphMany('Teepluss\Categorize\CategoryRelates\Relate', 'contentable');
}

Push content to a category., _(*16)

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware - CPU');

$blog = Blog::find(24);
$blog->categories()->create(array('category_id' => $category->id));

List contents that belongs to a category., _(*17)

$contentIds = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findById(1)->relates()->whereContentableType('Blog')->lists('contentable_id');
// or
// $contentIds = Categorize::getCategoryRelateProvider()->whereContentableType('Blog')->whereCategoryId(1)->lists('contentable_id');

$blogs = Blog::find($contentIds);

var_dump($blogs->toArray());

Support or Contact

If you have some problem, Contact teepluss@gmail.com, _(*18)

, _(*19)