This is an experemental package. I am still not sure if this idea is brilliant or insane.
See example: https://github.com/unstoppablecarl/laravel-content-pages-example
Add the package via composer:
Add to composer.json
{
"require": {
"unstoppablecarl/laravel-content-pages": "dev-master"
},
"repositories": [
{
"type": "vcs",
"url": "https://github.com/unstoppablecarl/laravel-content-pages"
}
],
"minimum-stability": "dev"
}Add the following line to the providers key within your config/app.php file:
UnstoppableCarl\Pages\PagesServiceProvider::classPublish config
php artisan vendor:publish- Create a way to manage content page routes from a datasource mapping to page routers that determine route behavior
- This would allow the creation of a admin control panel to manage content page routes keeping other related logic intact
- Allow creation and editing of content pages including paths from a control panel
- Allow a Page Router to map sub routes to a Page's path ex: Page with path
/foocan be assigned to a Page Router that adds one or more sub routes to its path:/foo/foo/{bar}/foo/bazetc. - A Page's path and Page Router class is stored in db
- Must be able to cache routes as normal
A Page with path industry/articles is mapped to an Articles Page Router.
The Articles Page Router maps 2 "sub" routes:
/toArticles@all/{article_id}toArticles@single
The path of the Page is used as a prefix to these routes resulting in mapping
/industry/articles/toArticles@all/industry/articles/{article_id}toArticles@single
app/Repositories/PageRepository.php
<?php
namespace App\Repositories;
use UnstoppableCarl\Pages\Contracts\PageRepository as PageRepoContract;
class PageRepository implements PageRepoContract {
protected $exampleData = [
'1' => [
// required by contract
'id' => 1,
'path' => 'industry/news',
'page_type' => 'articles',
// not required by contract
'content' => 'this is some content',
],
];
public function findById($id) {
return $this->exampleData[$id];
}
public function getRouteData() {
return $this->exampleData;
}
}Bind it in the app/Providers/AppServiceProvider register function:
// ...
public function register() {
// add this line
$this->app->bind(\UnstoppableCarl\Pages\Contracts\PageRepository::class, \App\Repositories\PageRepository::class);
}app\Http\Controllers\Articles.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class Articles extends Controller {
public function all(Request $request){
// model of Page mapped to use this controller
$page = $request->get('page_model');
$out = 'Articles List';
$out .= '<br>';
$out .= $page['content'];
return $out;
}
public function single(Request $request) {
// article from route
$article = $request->route('article');
// model of Page mapped to use this controller
$page = $request->get('page_model');
$out = 'Single Article';
$out .= '<br>';
$out .= $page['content'];
$out .= '<br>';
$out .= $article;
return $out;
}
}app\PageRouteBinders\Articles.php
<?php
namespace App\PageRouteBinders;
use Illuminate\Routing\Router;
use UnstoppableCarl\Pages\PageRouteBinder;
class Articles extends PageRouteBinder {
protected function bindPageRoutes(Router $router) {
$router->get('/', 'Articles@all');
$router->get('/{article}', 'Articles@single');
}
}Add the following to the page_types key:
'page_types' => [
'articles' => [
'page_route_binder' => \App\PageRouteBinders\Articles::class,
]
],WARNING: Enabling the package will bind additional routes. If this package is not configured correctly the router may not work. This config setting determines if page routes are bound or not.
// set to true
'enabled' => env('PAGES_ENABLED', true),/news/articles = 'Articles@all'
/news/articles/article-slug = 'Articles@single'
If the path of the page is changed to industry/news/articles, routes would change to:
/industry/news/articles = 'Articles@all'
/industry/news/articles/article-slug = 'Articles@single'
You should now be able to see a list of all routes by doing:
php artisan route:list