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You're reading from Laravel Application Development Cookbook Since Laravel is so versatile, one of the best learning routes is a cookbook. We've included lots of recipes and guidance on building web application, both simple and complex. It's a pick & mix approach that works brilliantly.

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782162827

Length 272 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

Laravel

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Author (1):

Terry Matula

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Laravel Application Development Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. Setting Up and Installing Laravel FREE CHAPTER

2. Using Forms and Gathering Input

3. Authenticating Your Application

4. Storing and Using Data

5. Using Controllers and Routes for URLs and APIs

6. Displaying Your Views

7. Creating and Using Composer Packages

8. Using Ajax and jQuery

9. Using Security and Sessions Effectively

10. Testing and Debugging Your App

11. Deploying and Integrating Third-party Services into Your Application

Index

Creating menus in Laravel

Menus are a common facet of most websites. In this recipe, we'll create menus using Laravel's nested views and change the default "state" of the menu item, depending on which page we're on.

Getting ready

For this menu, we need a standard installation of Laravel.

How to do it...

We need to follow these steps to complete the recipe:

In the routes.php file, create three routes as follows:

Route::get('menu-one', function()
{
  return View::make('menu-layout')
      ->nest('menu', 'menu-menu')
      ->nest('content', 'menu-one');
});
Route::get('menu-two', function()
{
  return View::make('menu-layout')
      ->nest('menu', 'menu-menu')
      ->nest('content', 'menu-two');
});
Route::get('menu-three', function()
{
  return View::make('menu-layout')
      ->nest('menu', 'menu-menu')
      ->nest('content', 'menu-three');
});