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hsharghi/nestablecollection
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A Laravel Package that extends Collection to handle unlimited nested items following adjacency list model.

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NestableCollection
==================

[](#nestablecollection)

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A Laravel Package that extends collections to handle nested items following adjacency list model.

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

[](#installation)

Run `composer require typicms/nestablecollection`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The model must have a **parent\_id** attributes :

```
protected $fillable = [
    'parent_id',
    // …
];
```

and must use the following trait:

```
use TypiCMS\NestableTrait;
```

Now each time you get a collection of that model, it will be an instance of **TypiCMS\\NestableCollection** in place of **Illuminate\\Database\\Eloquent\\Collection**.

If you want a tree of models, simply call the nest method on a collection ordered by parent\_id asc :

```
Model::orderBy('parent_id')->get()->nest();
```

Of course you will probably want a position column as well. So you will have to order first by parent\_id asc and then by position asc.

Change the name of subcollections
---------------------------------

[](#change-the-name-of-subcollections)

By default, the name of the subcollections is **items**, but you can change it by calling the `childrenName($name)` method : For example if you want your subcollections being named **children**:

```
$collection->childrenName('children')->nest();
```

Indented and flattened list
---------------------------

[](#indented-and-flattened-list)

`listsFlattened()` method generate the tree as a flattened list with id as keys and title as values, perfect for select/option, for example :

```
[
    '22' => 'Item 1 Title',
    '10' => '    Child 1 Title',
    '17' => '    Child 2 Title',
    '14' => 'Item 2 Title',
]
```

To use it, first call the `nest()` method, followed by the `listsFlattened()` method:

```
Model::orderBy('parent_id')->get()->nest()->listsFlattened();
```

By default it will look for a `title` column. You can send a custom column name as first parameter:

```
Model::orderBy('parent_id')->get()->nest()->listsFlattened('name');
```

Four spaces are used to indent by default, to use your own use the `setIndent()` method, followed by the `listsFlattened()` method:

```
Model::orderBy('parent_id')->get()->nest()->setIndent('> ')->listsFlattened();
```

Results:

```
[
    '22' => 'Item 1 Title',
    '10' => '> Child 1 Title',
    '17' => '> Child 2 Title',
    '14' => 'Item 2 Title',
]
```

Nesting a subtree
-----------------

[](#nesting-a-subtree)

This package remove items that have missing ancestor, this doesn’t allow you to nest a branch of a tree. To avoid this, you can use the `noCleaning()` method:

```
Model::orderBy('parent_id')->get()->noCleaning()->nest();
```

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance26

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.4% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~88 days

Recently: every ~61 days

Total

24

Last Release

2057d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2873823?v=4)[Hadi Sharghi](/maintainers/hsharghi)[@hsharghi](https://github.com/hsharghi)

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Tags

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