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Categorize is a category management for Laravel 4.

Installation

• Categorize on Packagist
• Categorize on GitHub

To get the lastest version of Theme simply require it in your composer.json file.

"teepluss/categorize": "dev-master"

You'll then need to run composer install to download it and have the autoloader updated.

Once Attach is installed you need to register the service provider with the application. Open up app/config/app.php and find the providers key.

'providers' => array(

    'Teepluss\Categorize\CategorizeServiceProvider'

)

Publish config using artisan CLI.

php artisan config:publish teepluss/categorize

Migrate tables.

php artisan migrate --package=teepluss/categorize

Usage

Creating category as a root.

$categorize = Categorize::prepare(array(
    'type'        => 'Product',
    'title'       => 'Hardware',
    'description' => 'Hardware is a ...'
));

$categorize->makeRoot();

Creating category as a child of parent.

$categorize = Categorize::prepare(array(
    'type'        => 'Product',
    'title'       => 'Hardware - CPU',
    'description' => 'CPU is a ...'
));

$parent = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findById(1);
// or
// $parent = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware');

$categorize->makeChildOf($parent);

Moving to a new root.

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware - CPU');

$category->makeRoot();

Moving to another parent.

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware - CPU');

$parent = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Software');

$category->makeChildOf($parent);

Update information.

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware - CPU');
$category->fill(array(
    'title'       => 'Software - Office',
    'description' => 'Documenting'
));

$category->save();

Delete with children.

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware');

$category->deleteWithChildren();

List category as tree.

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware');

var_dump($category->getChildren()->toArray());

Build categories as tree.

$categories = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->whereType('Blog')->get();

// Build only root categories.

$categories = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->root()->whereType('Blog')->get();

var_dump(Categorize::tree($categories)->toArray());

Using categorize with model.

Define relation to model

public function categories()
{
    return $this->morphMany('Teepluss\Categorize\CategoryRelates\Relate', 'contentable');
}

Push content to a category.

$category = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findByName('Hardware - CPU');

$blog = Blog::find(24);
$blog->categories()->create(array('category_id' => $category->id));

List contents that belongs to a category.

$contentIds = Categorize::getCategoryProvider()->findById(1)->relates()->whereContentableType('Blog')->lists('contentable_id');
// or
// $contentIds = Categorize::getCategoryRelateProvider()->whereContentableType('Blog')->whereCategoryId(1)->lists('contentable_id');

$blogs = Blog::find($contentIds);

var_dump($blogs->toArray());

Support or Contact

If you have some problem, Contact teepluss@gmail.com