Active for Laravel

Helper class for Laravel to get the active class based on the current url.

This project is based on hieu-le/active

Installation

Require this package as your dependencies:

composer require sebastienheyd/active

Configuration (optional)

You can define another default class name instead of active by editing the active.php configuration file.

To publish the configuration file you can use the following command:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=active

Usage

• Use the alias: Active::getClassIf($condition, $activeClass = 'active', $inactiveClass = '')
• Use the application container: app('active')->getClassIf($condition, $activeClass = 'active', $inactiveClass = '')
• Use the helper function: active_class($condition, $activeClass = 'active', $inactiveClass = '')

Explanation: if $condition is true, the value of $activeClass is returned, otherwise the value of $inactiveClass is returned.

active_class(true); // 'active' (default value set in the configuration file)
active_class(false); // ''
active_class(if_uri([$currentUri]), 'selected'); // 'selected'
active_class(if_uri_pattern([$pattern1, $pattern2]), 'active', 'other'); // 'other'

Check the current URI

All of checking methods return boolean result (true or false). You can use the result in the condition of active_class or write your own expression.

Check the whole URI

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::checkUri(array $uris)
• Use the application container: app('active')->checkUri(array $uris)
• Use the helper function: if_uri(array $uris)

Explanation: you give an array of URI, the package will return true if the current URI is in your array. Remember that an URI does not begin with the slash (/) except the root.

Check the URI with some patterns

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::checkUriPattern(array $patterns)
• Use the application container: app('active')->checkUriPattern(array $patterns)
• Use the helper function: if_uri_pattern(array $patterns)

Explanation: you give an array of patterns, the package will return true if the current URI matches one of the given pattern. Asterisks may be used in the patterns to indicate wildcards.

Check the query string

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::checkQuery($key, $value)
• Use the application container: app('active')->checkQuery($key, $value)
• Use the helper function: if_query($key, $value)

Explanation: the package will return true if one of the following condition is true:

• The current query string contains a parameter named $key with any value and the value of $value is false.
• The current query string does not contain a parameter named $key and the value of $value is null.
• The current query string contains a parameter named $key whose value is a string equals to $value.
• The current query string contains a parameter named $key whose value is an array that contain the $value.

// the current query string is ?x=1&y[0]=a&y[1]=b

if_query('x', null); // true
if_query('x', 1); // true
if_query('x', 2); // false
if_query('y', 'a'); // true
if_query('y', 'c'); // false
if_query('z', null); // false

Check the current route

Check the exact route name

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::checkRoute(array $routes)
• Use the application container: app('active')->checkRoute(array $routes)
• Use the helper function: if_route(array $routes)

Explanation: you give an array of route names, the package will return true if the name of the current route (which can be null) is in your array.

Check the route name with some patterns

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::checkRoutePattern(array $patterns)
• Use the application container: app('active')->checkRoutePattern(array $patterns)
• Use the helper function: if_route_pattern(array $patterns)

Explanation: you give an array of patterns, the package will return true if the name of the current route (which can be null) matches one of the given pattern. Asterisks may be used in the patterns to indicate wildcards.

Check the route parameter value

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::checkRouteParam($key, $value)
• Use the application container: app('active')->checkRouteParam($key, $value)
• Use the helper function: if_route_param($key, $value)

Explanation: the package will return true if one of the following condition is true:

• The current route contains a parameter named $key whose value is $value.
• The current route does not contain a parameter named $key and the value of $value is null.

Read more about route parameter in the Laravel documentation.

Get the current values

Get the current action

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::getAction()
• Use the application container: app('active')->getAction()
• Use the helper function: current_action()

Explanation: if the current route is bound to a class method, the result will be a string like App\Http\Controllers\YourController@yourMethod. If the route is bound to a closure, the result will be the Closure string.

Get the current controller class

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::getController()
• Use the application container: app('active')->getController()
• Use the helper function: current_controller()

Explanation: if the current route is bound to a class method, the result will be the full qualified class name of the controller class, like App\Http\Controllers\YourController. If the route is bound to a closure, the result will be the Closure string.

Get the current controller method

Usage:

• Use the alias: Active::getMethod()
• Use the application container: app('active')->getMethod()
• Use the helper function: current_method()

Explanation: if the current route is bound to a class method, the result will be the name of the controller method. like yourMethod. If the route is bound to a closure, the result will be the empty string.

Example

The example below illustrate the usage of this package in a sidebar with Bootstrap list group :

<ul class="list-group">
    <a href="" class="list-group-item {{ active_class(if_route('users.list') && if_query('active', 1)) }}">
        Active users
    </a>
    <a href="#" class="list-group-item {{ active_class(if_route('users.list') && if_query('active', 0)) }}">
        Inactive users
    </a>
    <a href="#" class="list-group-item  {{ active_class(if_action('App\Http\Controllers\UserController@getNewUser')) }}">
        Add users
    </a>
</div>