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Package selectboxes
Short Description Elegant creation of Selectboxes for use within HTML forms.
License MIT
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Select Boxes
Introduction
The Select Boxes package was created to provide an easy way to create the data used in select boxes on HTML forms. The package also helps dry-up your code by encapsulating select box data within dedicated re-usable classes.
Example Problem
It can be a pain when dealing with forms that require multiple select boxes, as the select boxes that are defined in the create() method also have to be re-defined within the edit() method of a controller. With the example below, you would also need to import 5 eloquent models: Artist, Genre, Label, Format, Tag. This starts to become messey.
Example Solution
The above example can be refactored to the following when using the Select Boxes package:
Installation
The package can be installed via composer using the following command:
Usage
You can create a select box group, or use the directly.
Creating a Select Box Group
Create a select box group when multiple select boxes are needed on a form. This can help DRY up your code, as the select box group can be re-used when creating and updating records (e.g. the and methods of a controller).
Run the following artisan command to create a select box group:
By default, the newly created group will created in:
You can override the default namespace by specifying an optional 2nd argument when creating a group:
Defining Select Boxes
Available Methods
| Method | Method Type | Arguments | Returns |
|---|---|---|---|
| createFrom() | Mandatory | $model string - fully qualified class name | SelectBoxService |
| display() | Mandatory | $optionText string - the text that is displayed for a select box option $optionValue string - the value of a select box option (default = "id") |
SelectBoxService |
| where() | Optional | $column string - name of the column to filter $operator string - the comparison operator $value string - the value |
SelectBoxService |
| orderBy() | Optional | $orderBy string - name of the column to order by $sortOrder string - sort order (default = "desc") |
SelectBoxService |
| asArray() | Optional* | $placeHolder bool - include a placeholder (default = "true") $placeHolderText string - (default = "Please Select....") |
Array |
| asJson() | Optional* | $placeHolder bool - include a placeholder (default = "true") $placeHolderText string - (default = "Please Select....") |
String (JSON) |
*note. either asArray() or asJson() must be called in order to return results.
Using a Select Box Group
You can use constructor or method injection to inject a Select Box Group.
Then use the get() method on the $selectBoxes instance variable to create the select boxes.
This will push the data to the view in the following format:
