Laravel Categories

Installation

Require this package, with Composer, in the root directory of your project.

$ composer require uptoolkit/laravel-categories

To get started, you'll need to publish the vendor assets and migrate:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Uptoolkit\Categories\CategoriesServiceProvider" && php artisan migrate

Usage

Nested Sets

Check lazychaser/laravel-nestedset to learn how to create, update, delete, etc. categories.

Setup a Model

<?php

namespace App;

use Uptoolkit\Categories\Traits\HasCategories;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasCategories;
}

Examples

Get an array with ids and names of categories (useful for drop-downs)

$post->categoriesList();

Attach the Post Model these Categories

$post->syncCategories([Category::find(1), Category::find(2), Category::find(3)]);

Detach the Post Model from these Categories

$post->syncCategories([]);

Detach the Post Model from all Categories and attach it to the new ones

$post->syncCategories([Category::find(1), Category::find(3)]);

Attach the Post Model to the given Category

$post->assignCategory(Category::find(1));

Detach the Post Model from the given Category

$post->removeCategory(Category::find(1));

Get all Posts that are attached to the given Category

Category::first()->entries(Post::class)->get();

Testing

$ phpunit

Security

If you discover a security vulnerability within this package, please send an e-mail to hello@brianfaust.me. All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.

Credits

• Brian Faust
• All Contributors

License

MIT © Brian Faust