README

This is a guide to help you interact with the include blade directive from laravel to pass variables to form inputs to minimize time required and faulty forms.

Publishing assets

Views

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=cova-forms

Livewire components

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=cova-livewire

Example

<form action="{{route('training.store')}}" method="post">
@csrf
@include('blocks.forms.errors')
@include('blocks.forms.input-text',            ['identifier' => "name",'label' => "Name",'required' => 'required'])
@include('blocks.forms.input-text',            ['identifier' => "speaker",'label' => "Speaker",'required' => 'required'])
@include('blocks.forms.input-text',            ['identifier' => "price",'label' => "Price",'required' => 'required'])
@include('blocks.forms.input-number',          ['identifier' => "hours",'required' => 'required'])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select',          ['identifier' => "type",'label' => "Type",'required' => 'required','options' => ['Hard Skills','Soft Skills']])
@include('blocks.forms.input-money',           ['identifier' => "total_avg_admission_cost",'label' => 'total','required' => 'required','readonly' => 'readonly','step' => '0.01'])
@include('blocks.forms.input-date',            ['identifier' => "from",'label' => "From",'required' => 'required','min' =>Carbon\Carbon::now('Europe/Lisbon')->format('Y-m-d'),'max' => ""])
@include('blocks.forms.input-date',            ['identifier' => "to",'label' => "To",'required' => 'required','min' =>Carbon\Carbon::now('Europe/Lisbon')->format('Y-m-d'),'max' => ""])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select',          ['identifier' => "status",'required' => 'required','options' => ['Expired','Finished','Ongoing','Registered']])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select',          ['identifier' => "company",'required' => 'required','options' => $companies,'key' => 'id','val' => "name"])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select-multiple', ['identifier' => "employees",'label' => "Employees",'required' => 'required','options' => $employees,'key' => 'id','val' => "known_name"])
@include('blocks.forms.input-textarea',        ['identifier' => "body",'label' => 'Description','required' => 'required','cols' => 60,'rows'=>1])
@include('blocks.forms.input-hidden',          ['identifier' => 'employee_id','val' => $employee->id,'required' => 'required'])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select',          ['identifier' => "status",'required' => 'required','options' => json_encode([['id' => 1,'name' => 'Active'],['id' => 0,'name' => 'Inactive']]),'key' => 'id','val' => "name"]) 
@include('blocks.forms.input-file',            ['identifier' => 'file_path[]','label' => 'Documents','multiple' => 'multiple','filetypes' => ['application/pdf','.doc','.docx']])
<div class="py-2">
@include('blocks.buttons.submit-create')
</div>

@include('blocks.forms.input-text',   ['identifier' => "position",'label' => "Job position",'required' => 'required'])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select', ['identifier' => "company",'required' => 'required','options' => $companies,'key' => 'id','val' => "name"])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select', ['identifier' => "type",'required' => 'required','options' => ['Full-time','Permanent Contract','Temporary','Part-time','Volunteer','Internship']])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select', ['identifier' => "experience",'required' => 'required','options' => ['Entry level','Associate','Senior','Internship','Director','Executive']])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select', ['identifier' => "remote",'label' => 'Remote Work','required' => 'required','options' => json_encode([['id' => 1,'name' => 'Yes'],['id' => 0,'name' => 'No'],['id' => 2,'name' => 'Mixed']]),'key' => 'id','val' => "name"])
@include('blocks.forms.input-select', ['identifier' => "status",'required' => 'required','options' => json_encode([['id' => 1,'name' => 'Active'],['id' => 0,'name' => 'Inactive']]),'key' => 'id','val' => "name"])                                 
@include('blocks.forms.input-text',   ['identifier' => "location",'required' => 'required'])
</form>

@include('blocks.buttons.submit-create')
@include('blocks.buttons.submit-send')
@include('blocks.buttons.submit-delete')
@include('blocks.buttons.submit-edit')
@include('blocks.buttons.submit-update')
@include('blocks.buttons.submit')

File input

Attributes

• identifier
• label
• filetypes
• multiple
• required

Multiple

When multiple is used, make sure to call the identifier as an array as such:

'identifier' => 'file_path[]','multiple' => 'multiple'

Also make sure the form as the correct enctype="multipart/form-data"

Filetypes

Filetypes can be defined as such:

'filetypes' => ['application/pdf','.doc','.docx']
'filetypes' => ['image/jpeg,image/gif,image/png,application/pdf']
'filetypes' => ['jpg,png,jpeg,PNG,JPEG,JPG,GIF,gif']

Select input example

Using json_encode

 @include('blocks.forms.input-select',[
 'identifier' => 'fruits_types',
 'label'      => 'Fruits',
 'options'    => json_encode(
     [
         ['id' => 0,'name' => 'Apple'],
         ['id' => 1,'name' => 'Banana'],
         ['id' => 2,'name' => 'Cherry'],
         ['id' => 3,'name' => 'Dragon Fruit'],
         ['id' => 4,'name' => 'Elder Berry'],
         ['id' => 5,'name' => 'Fig'],
     ]
 ),
 'key'     => 'id',
 'value'   => 'name',
 'current' => $basket->favorite_fruit
 ])

Livewire live update inputs

Usage example

Input File

<div class="mt-2">Finance File</div>
@livewire('updater-file', [
'col'       => 'finance_file',
'model'     => $investor,
'rules'     => ['file','max:1024'],
'save_path' => 'people/'.$person->id.'-'.str_replace(' ', '-', strtolower($person->name)).'/investor/'.$investor->id.''
]) 

Input Number

@livewire('updater-number', [
'col'     => 'investment_performance',
'current' => $investor->investment_performance,
'model'   => $investor,
'step'    => 0.01
])

Input Text

@livewire('updater-text', [
'col'     => 'motivation',
'current' => $investor->motivation,
'model'   => $investor
])

Select

 @livewire('updater-select', [
'col'     => 'ownership',
'current' => $investor->ownership,
'model'   => $investor,
'label'   => false,
'options' => ['Full','Partnership']
])