##Laravel 3 specific guide This document will show you an example how you could use this package with Laravel 3, and is not an installation/setup guide!
Breadcrumbs are usually rendered on multiple pages of a website so it might come handy to make it so that we would be able to create them in a blink of an eye / automatically. To do this one way is to use a base controller, which can be your own, or the default one which comes with Laravel. The only thing that you should keep in mind is that you have to extend that controller, otherwise you'll get errors, and won't get access to breadcrumbs either!
#####We will for now use the default base controller application/controllers/base.php:
<?php use Laravel\Redirect;
class Base_Controller extends Controller
{
public $breadcrumb = null;
[...]
public function before()
{
$this->breadcrumb = new \Noherczeg\Breadcrumb\Breadcrumb(URL::base());
// if there is nothing in the URI
if (strlen(URI::current()) == 0 ) {
// we still want a link which points to the base URL
$this->breadcrumb->append('welcome', 'left', true);
} else {
// otherwise add the URI elements as well
$this->breadcrumb->from(URI::current())->append('welcome', 'left', true);
}
[...]
}
[..]
}
#####In any of your controllers where you want to use breadcrumbs (e.g. application/controllers/home.php):
<?php
class Home_Controller extends Base_Controller
{
public function action_index()
{
// we'll pass bootstrap styled breadcrumbs to the view
return View::make('home.index')
->with('breadcrumb', $this->breadcrumb->build('bootstrap'));
}
}
#####And lastly in our corresponding view (e.g. application/views/home/index.blade.php):
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<!-- header data -->
</head>
<body>
<!-- Render our breadcrumbs somewhere -->
<p>{{ $breadcrumb }}</p>
<h2>Page title goes here</h2>
<p>Content goes here :)</p>
<!-- Other stuff... -->
</body>
</html>