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roboc/menu-builder
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Menu builder

2130PHP

Since Aug 3Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Menu builder
============

[](#menu-builder)

Easy way to build navigation menus

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Example usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

### Create Menu

[](#create-menu)

```
$menu = new Menu('main-menu');
```

### Add menu items

[](#add-menu-items)

```
$menu->item('Home')->to('/');
```

### Use badges

[](#use-badges)

```
$menu->item('Inbox')->to('inbox')->badge(5);
```

### Create submenu

[](#create-submenu)

```
$menu->item('Reports')
    ->subMenu( function ( Menu $menu )
    {
        $menu->item('Summary')->to('/reports/summary');
        $menu->item('Detailed')->to('/reports/detailed');
    } );
```

Render menu
-----------

[](#render-menu)

### Using JSON renderer

[](#using-json-renderer)

```
$json = ( new \Roboc\Menu\Renderer\JsonRenderer )->render( $menu );
```

Output:

```
[
    {
        "title": "Home",
        "link": "\/"
    },
    {
        "title": "Inbox",
        "link": "inbox",
        "badge": {
            "value": 5,
            "attributes": []
        }
    },
    {
        "title": "Reports",
        "children": [
            {
                "title": "Summary",
                "link": "\/reports\/summary"
            },
            {
                "title": "Detailed",
                "link": "\/reports\/detailed"
            }
        ]
    }
]

```

### Using simple HTML renderer

[](#using-simple-html-renderer)

```
$html = ( new \Roboc\Menu\Renderer\HtmlRenderer )->render( $menu );
```

Output:

```

    Home
    Inbox 5
    Reports

            Summary
            Detailed

```

### Other

[](#other)

You can create your own menu renderer or build menu output direclty in your code

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Alternatives

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