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lucadello91/laravel-active
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Laravel helper for detecting active navigation menu items and applying bootstrap classes.

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Laravel-Active
==============

[](#laravel-active)

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Laravel helper that detects active navigation menu items and applies bootstrap classes. This is an implementation of . In this implementation, you can use it with resouce name too.

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

[](#installation)

First, pull in the package through Composer.

```
"require": {
    "lucadello91/laravel-active": "^2.0"
}
```

And then, if using Laravel 5 or 4, include the service provider within `app/config/app.php`.

```
'providers' => [
    Lucadello91\Active\LaravelActiveServiceProvider::class
];
```

And, for convenience, add a facade alias to this same file at the bottom:

```
'aliases' => [
    'Active'    => Lucadello91\Active\Facades\LaravelActive::class
];
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You would most likely use this package in your `navbar` partial like so:

```

         Home

         Location

            Murter

            Kornati

         Trips

```

API
---

[](#api)

As the second parameter to any method, you can pass the value you want to get returned if there was a match. *By default this is `active` which is Bootstrap default.*

As the third parameter to any method, you can pass the value you want to get returned if there wasn't a match. *By default this is empty string.*

#### `isActiveRoute($routeName, $active = "active", $notActive = "")`

[](#isactiverouteroutename-active--active-notactive--)

Compares given route name with current route name.

```
{{ Active::isActiveRoute('home') }}
```

#### `isActiveRouteResourceName($resourceName, $active = "active", $notActive = "")`

[](#isactiverouteresourcenameresourcename-active--active-notactive--)

Compares given resource name with current Route::Resource name.

```
{{ Active::isActiveRouteResourceName('home') }}
```

#### `isActiveURL($url, $active = "active", $notActive = "")`

[](#isactiveurlurl-active--active-notactive--)

Compares given URL with current URL.

```
{{ Active::isActiveURL('/about') }}
```

#### `isActiveMatch($string, $active = "active", $notActive = "")`

[](#isactivematchstring-active--active-notactive--)

Detects if the given string is found in the current URL.

```
{{ Active::isActiveMatch('bout') }}
```

#### `areActiveRoutes(array $routeNames, $active = "active", $notActive = "")`

[](#areactiveroutesarray-routenames-active--active-notactive--)

Compares given array of route names with current route name.

```
{{ Active::areActiveRoutes(['product.index', 'product.show']) }}
```

#### `areActiveRoutesResourcesNames(array $resourcesNames, $active = "active", $notActive = "")`

[](#areactiveroutesresourcesnamesarray-resourcesnames-active--active-notactive--)

Compares given array of resource names with current Route::Resource name.

```
{{ Active::areActiveRoutesResourcesNames(['post', 'comments']) }}
```

#### `areActiveURLs(array $urls, $active = "active", $notActive = "")`

[](#areactiveurlsarray-urls-active--active-notactive--)

Compares given array of URLs with current URL.

```
{{ Active::areActiveURLs(['/product', '/product/create']) }}
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~185 days

Total

4

Last Release

3199d ago

Major Versions

1.1 → 2.02017-08-08

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

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laravelhelperbootstrapnavigation

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