Laravel Prefixer

Introduction

This packages allows you to define a prefix in your controller which will be automatically appended to your view and/or route names.

In a resource controller, it is a common pattern to have all the associated views in the same folder, and the same goes for the location of your routes. With this feature, you can define a prefix which is automatically appended to your view-name or route-name.

Installation

composer require royvoetman/laravel-prefixer 

View prefixes

When you want to use View prefixes your controller will have to implement the RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Contracts\ViewPrefix interface. This interface requires you to add a viewPrefix method that returns a string.

Second your Controller must include the RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Http\Traits\CreatesViews trait. This trait includes the view(string $view) method to the controller which handles the prefixing for us. The best practice is to include this trait in your BaseController . This method checks if the CreatesViews interface is implemented, if this is not the case this method will behave the same as the view() global helper function.

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable;
use RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Contracts\ViewPrefix;
use RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Http\Traits\CreatesViews;

/**
 * Class BookController
 *
 * @package App\Http\Controllers
 */
class BookController extends Controller implements ViewPrefix
{
    use CreatesViews;
    
    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable
     */
    public function create(): Renderable
    {
      	// Return view: `authorized.books.create`
        return $this->view('create');
    }
  
    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable
     */
    public function edit(Book $book): Renderable
    {
      	// You can have chain methods like `with()` just like 
      	// you normally would when using `return view()`
        return $this->view('edit')->with('book', $book);
    }
  
    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function viewPrefix(): string
    {
        return 'authorized.books';
    }
}

Route prefixes

Route prefixing works the same as View Prefixing except for the following:

The Controller must implement the RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Contracts\RoutePrefix interface and must include the RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Http\Traits\ForwardsRequests trait.

Instead of the viewPrefix method, you have to include a routePrefix method. And instead of the view(string $view) method you have to use the redirect(string $route) method. When the RoutePrefix method is not implemented this method will behave the same as calling redirect()->route($route).

Route prefixes only work if you are using named routes.

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Contracts\RoutePrefix;
use RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Http\Traits\ForwardsRequests;

/**
 * Class BookController
 *
 * @package App\Http\Controllers
 */
class BookController extends Controller implements RoutePrefix
{
    use ForwardsRequests;
    
    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
     */
    public function store(): RedirectResponse
    {
	...        

        // Redirect to: `books.index`
        return $this->redirect('index');
    }
  
    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
     */
    public function update(Book $book): RedirectResponse
    {
        ...
          
      	// You can have chain methods like `with()` just like 
      	// you normally would when using `return redirect()`
        return $this->redirect('index')->with('status', 'Book updated');
    }
  
    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function routePrefix(): string
    {
        return 'books';
    }
}

View and Route prefixes

There is a convenient shortcut when you want to implement the ViewPrefix and the RoutePrefix interface. You can include the RoyVoetman\Prefixer\Contracts\ResponsePrefixes interface which just extends both interfaces.

/**
 * Interface ResponsePrefixes
 *
 * @package App\Interfaces
 */
interface ResponsePrefixes extends RoutePrefix, ViewPrefix
{
    //
}

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and will be fully credited. We accept contributions via Pull Requests on Github.

Pull Requests

• PSR-2 Coding Standard - The easiest way to apply the conventions is to install PHP Code Sniffer.
• Document any change in behaviour - Make sure the README.md and any other relevant documentation are kept up-to-date.
• Create feature branches - Don't ask us to pull from your master branch.
• One pull request per feature - If you want to do more than one thing, send multiple pull requests.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.