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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. vi-kon/laravel-utilities AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) vi-kon/laravel-utilities ======================== Utilities for Laravel 5 v2.2.0(11y ago)031.2k↓41.7%MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since May 23Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/vi-kon/laravel-utilities)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/vi-kon/laravel-utilities)[ Docs](https://github.com/vi-kon/laravel-utilities)[ RSS](/packages/vi-kon-laravel-utilities/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (14)Used By (0) Laravel 5 Utilities =================== [](#laravel-5-utilities) Utilities for **Laravel 5**. View helpers and other usefull classes. Table of contents ----------------- [](#table-of-contents) - [Known issues](#known-issues) - [Todo](#todo) - [Changes](#changes) - [Installation](#installation) - [Views](#views) - [Classes](#classes) - [Traits](#traits) - [Middleware](#middleware) - [Helpers](#helpers) Known issues ------------ [](#known-issues) None --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) Todo ---- [](#todo) - Fix incoming bugs - Finish documentation --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) Changes ------- [](#changes) Version 2.1 - The **Seeder** class functionality replaced by **ConsoleProgressbar** trait Version 2.0 - **Laravel 5** support (requirement) - **Controller** class removed (Laravel 5 supports validation via **FormRequest** classes) - New middleware features (**IsAjax**) - Code optimization with Laravel 5 new features and conventions --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) Installation ------------ [](#installation) ### Base [](#base) To your `composer.json` file add following lines: ``` // to your "require" object "vi-kon/laravel-utilities": "2.*" ``` In your Laravel 5 project add following lines to `app.php`: ``` // to your providers array 'ViKon\Utilities\UtilitiesServiceProvider', ``` Middleware ---------- [](#middleware) To use middleware class assigned to route need to assign short-hand key to `middleware` property of your `app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider` class: ``` // to your middleware array 'ajax' => 'ViKon\Utilities\Middleware\IsAjax', ``` --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) Views ----- [](#views) - [html5-layout](#html5-layout) - HTML 5 layout --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) ### html5-layout [](#html5-layout) There are two templates. One for **Blade** template engine and one for **Smarty** template engine. **Note:** html5-layout.tpl requires Smarty functions implemented in **vi-kon/laravel-smarty-view** package. #### Avalaible blocks / sections: [](#avalaible-blocks--sections) NameDescription**author**Author metadata**body**Empty block in body root**description**Description metadata**head**Empty block for other head stuff**scripts**Scripts at after closing body tag**scripts-head**Empty block to include header scripts**styles**Empty block to include stylesheets**title**Page title**viewport**Viewport meta dataBlock / section definitions: ##### author [](#author) ``` ``` ``` ``` ##### body [](#body) ``` @yield('body') ``` ``` {block name="body"}{/block} ``` ##### description [](#description) ``` ``` or ``` ``` ##### head [](#head) ``` @yield('head') ``` or ``` {block name="head"}{/block} ``` ##### scripts [](#scripts) ``` @yield('scripts') ``` or ``` {block name="scripts"}{/block} ``` ##### scripts-head [](#scripts-head) ``` @yield('scripts-head') ``` or ``` {block name="scripts-head"}{/block} ``` ##### styles [](#styles) ``` @yield('styles') ``` or ``` {block name="styles"}{/block} ``` ##### title [](#title) ``` @yield('title', 'HTML 5 Layout') ``` or ``` {block name="title"}HTML 5 Layout{/block} ``` ##### viewport [](#viewport) ``` @section('viewport') @show ``` or ``` {block name="viewport"} {/block} ``` --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) #### Usage [](#usage) ##### Example "app-layout.tpl" [](#example-app-layouttpl) ``` {extends file="view:utilities::html5-layout"} {block name="title"}{strip} {lang}app.title{/lang} {/strip}{/block} {block name="description"}{strip} {lang}app.description{/lang} {/strip}{/block} {block name="styles"}{strip} {html_style _url="vendor/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css"} {html_style _url="vendor/bootstrap-tokenfield/bootstrap-tokenfield.min.css"} {/strip}{/block} {block name="scripts-head" append}{strip} {html_script _url="vendor/jquery/jquery-2.1.0.min.js"} {html_script _url="vendor/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"} {html_script _url="vendor/bootstrap-tokenfield/bootstrap-tokenfield.min.js"} {/strip}{/block} {block name="scripts" append}{strip} {html_script _url="js/bootstrap-setup.js"} {/strip}{/block} {block name="body"}{strip} {* Page menu *} {lang}app.header.title{/lang} {lang}app.header.title-lead{/lang} {if $user !== null} {$user['username']}  |  {lang}app.header.btn.settings{/lang}  |  {lang}app.header.btn.logout{/lang} {/if} {* Block container for subpage content *} {block name="container"}{/block} {/strip}{/block} ``` --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) Classes ------- [](#classes) - [Migration](#migrationclass) - helper methods for **database migration** --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) Traits ------ [](#traits) - [ConsoleProgressbar](#consoleprogressbartrait) - progressbar for console applications ### ConsoleProgress trait [](#consoleprogress-trait) This trait help display a progressbar on console: **Output** ``` ############-------------------------------------- 24.54% (124,752/508,331) ``` **Usage** ``` // Initialize progressbar $this->initProgressbar(); // Reset progress and output a message $this->startProgress('Seed agt_agent_types table'); // Set progressbar elements $this->setProgressMax(12); // ... // Make step in progressbar $this->progress(); ``` --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) Middleware ---------- [](#middleware-1) Utilities middleware classes allow different features. - [IsAjax](#isajax-middleware) - check if current request is ajax request or not --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) ### IsAjax middleware [](#isajax-middleware) Check if current request is ajax request or not. If request is not ajax request, then throws `NotFoundHttpException` exception. #### Usage [](#usage-1) ``` $options = [ 'middleware' => 'ajax', ]; Route::get('URL', $options); ``` --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) Helpers ------- [](#helpers) Helper functions are shortcuts or aliases for app functions and methods. - [json\_response](#json_response-function) - [view\_response](#view_response-function) ### json\_response function [](#json_response-function) `json_response` function is alias for `new JsonResponse`. --- [Back to top](#laravel-5-parser-and-lexer) License ------- [](#license) This package is licensed under the MIT License ### Health Score 33 — LowBetter than 75% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity26 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity65 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. 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