tonning/metabox

Create metaboxes for AdminLTE admin panel

Metaboxes

Installation

First, pull in the package through Composer., _(*1)

"require": {
    "tonning/metabox": "~0.1"
}

And then, if using Laravel 5.1, include the service provider within app/config/app.php., _(*2)

'providers' => [
    Tonning\Metabox\MetaboxServiceProvider::class
];

And, for convenience, add a facade alias to this same file at the bottom:, _(*3)

'aliases' => [
    'Metabox' => Tonning\Metabox\MetaboxFacade::class
];

On Eloquent models that uses metaboxes add, _(*4)

/**
 * Serialize the meta data on persist
 *
 * @param $meta
 */
public function setMetaAttribute($meta)
{
    $this->attributes['meta'] = serialize($meta);
}

/**
 * Unserialize the meta data on retrival
 *
 * @param $meta
 * @return mixed
 */
public function getMetaAttribute($meta)
{
    return unserialize($meta);
}