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blainesch/laravel-pretty-controller
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0.0.1(11y ago)2411PHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jun 9Pushed 10y agoCompare

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What?
-----

[](#what)

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This library provides helpful content negotiations. For instance if you ask for json back from a typical laravel website you'd still get html back. I carefully look at the `Accept` header and `type` (`.json` for instance) to best determine what media type to render.

What does this mean? It means your controller actions are cleaner, all you do is return values!

```
class UserController extends BaseController {
	public function show()
	{
		return View::make('user.show')->with([
			'name' => 'BlaineSch',
		]);
	}
}
```

Now, let's respond to multiple content types and prettify our controller!

```
class UserController extends BaseController {
	public function showAction()
	{
		return ['name' => 'blainesch'];
	}
}
```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

```
'require': {
	"blainesch/laravel-pretty-controller": "0.0.1"
}
```

### Update `Controller` and add `CoreController` values in your `app/config/app.php` file.

[](#update-controller-and-add-corecontroller-values-in-your-appconfigappphp-file)

```
'aliases' => [
	// ...
	'Controller'      => 'Blainesch\LaravelPrettyController\Action\PrettyController',
	'CoreController'  => 'Illuminate\Routing\Controller',
	// ...
]
```

### Register your media types

[](#register-your-media-types)

Create a `bootstrap/media.php`

```