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Simple Wizard Controller for Laravel. If you need a more sophisticated solution, then have a look at Laravel Aracanist.

Installation

Install this package via composer:

composer require marvinrabe/laravel-wizards

Usage

Register a route using the wizard macro in your web.php:

Route::wizard('order', OrderWizardController::class);

Create a controller for your wizard. For example OrderWizardController.php:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use MarvinRabe\LaravelWizards\Wizard;
use MarvinRabe\LaravelWizards\WizardController;

class OrderWizardController extends WizardController
{
    // Prepare a payload. This payload will be available in $wizard->payload on each step. It will be saved
    // automatically after each step{number}Submit method. It is used to store each partial result until onFinish.
    // The simplest payload is an array. But you could use anything you want. It only needs to be serializable!
    public function preparePayload(Request $request, Wizard $wizard): array
    {
        return [];
    }

    // A step is simply a method with the name step{number}.
    // You can do anything you want! Return a view, redirect to somewhere else, etc.
    public function step1(Request $request, Wizard $wizard): mixed
    {
        return view('order.payment');
    }

    // For each step there might be a submit action with the name step{number}Submit. This will be called on POST.
    // In here you could validate the request and afterwards store it in the prepared payload like so:
    public function step1Submit(Request $request, Wizard $wizard): void
    {
        $request->validate([
            'credit_card' => ['required', 'string']
        ]);

        $wizard->payload['credit_card'] = $request->boolean('credit_card');
    }

    // You don't have to specify a step2Submit. If you omit this method the wizard will simply jump to the next step.
    // In each step you have access to the previously populated payload. By default it is stored in the session.
    public function step2(Request $request, Wizard $wizard): mixed
    {
        return view('order.summary', [
            'credit_card' => $wizard->payload['credit_card']
        ]);
    }
    
    // Continue with more step{number} and step{number}Submit methods. As many as you like!
    
    // After the last step the onFinish method will be called instead of the step{number}Submit.
    // The wizard will be deleted from the session and is no longer available.
    public function onFinish(Request $request, Wizard $wizard): mixed
    {
        // Do something! This is your final chance.
        return view('order.success');
    }
}

Navigate to /orders to start a wizard. Each wizard has a unique ID and is by default stored in the current Session. The URL follows the following convention:

/{name}/{id?}/{step?}

For our previous example a real URL might look like this /order/6e00f3db-c1c9-48b7-a90b-0081f75ed56c/2.

If the id is missing it will create a new wizard instance using preparePayload. If the step is missing it will resume the wizard at the last step.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.