README

Breadcrumb definitions for Laravel applications that serve breadcrumbs as data, not HTML.

Installation

composer require saucebase/breadcrumbs

Defining breadcrumbs

Create routes/breadcrumbs.php and define breadcrumbs by route name:

use Saucebase\Breadcrumbs\Breadcrumbs;
use Saucebase\Breadcrumbs\Generator as Trail;

Breadcrumbs::for('home', function (Trail $trail) {
    $trail->push('Home', route('home'));
});

Breadcrumbs::for('dashboard', function (Trail $trail) {
    $trail->parent('home');
    $trail->push('Dashboard', route('dashboard'));
});

// Route model binding
Breadcrumbs::for('post.show', function (Trail $trail, Post $post) {
    $trail->parent('dashboard');
    $trail->push($post->title, route('post.show', $post));
});

Each push() call accepts an optional third argument — an array of arbitrary attributes passed through to the breadcrumb item:

$trail->push('Label', $url, ['icon' => 'home']);

Generating breadcrumbs

// Check if a breadcrumb exists for the current route
Breadcrumbs::exists('dashboard');

// Generate for the current route (reads from request)
$items = Breadcrumbs::current();

// Generate for a named route with parameters
$items = Breadcrumbs::generate('post.show', $post);

Each item in the returned collection has title, url, and attributes properties.

Hooks

Use before() and after() to prepend or append items globally across all breadcrumb chains:

// Prepend an item to every breadcrumb trail
Breadcrumbs::before(function (Trail $trail) {
    $trail->push('Home', route('home'));
});

// Append an item to every breadcrumb trail
Breadcrumbs::after(function (Trail $trail) {
    $trail->push('Help', route('help'));
});

Config

Publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=breadcrumbs-config

Testing

Override the current route in tests without making real HTTP requests:

use Saucebase\Breadcrumbs\Breadcrumbs;

// Set the route that Breadcrumbs::current() will resolve against
Breadcrumbs::setCurrentRoute('post.show', $post);

$items = Breadcrumbs::current();

// Reset after the test
Breadcrumbs::clearCurrentRoute();

Exceptions

This package is a fork of diglactic/laravel-breadcrumbs with Blade rendering removed. The render() / view() methods, the manager-class / generator-class config options, and the facade/ignition-contracts dependency have been stripped. Everything else is preserved.