Block

• Introduction
  • Preparing the Model
• Binding Views
• Reusable Repeatables
• Frontend
• Methods
• Repeatable Methods

Introduction

Block fields are used to map repetitive content. They can contain any number of so called repeatables, which you can string together in any order. A repeatable can be regarded as a separate individual form. As well a preview table can be set for every block. If field values are to be displayed as preview, they must be written in curly brackets.

$form->block('content')
    ->title('Content')
    ->repeatables(function($repeatables) {

        // Add as many repeatables as you want.
        $repeatables->add('text', function($form, $preview) {
            // The block preview.
            $preview->col('{text}');

            // Containing as many form fields as you want.
            $form->input('text')
                ->title('Text');
        });

        $repeatables->add('image', function($form, $preview) {
            $preview->col('{}');

            $form->image('image')
                ->title('Image');
        });
    });

Preparing the Model

Block fields can be added to CRUD-Models as well as to forms. Blocks don't need a dedicated column in the model, as they are stored in a database table centrally.

The repeatables can be loaded to your model using the repeatables relation method.

public function content()
{
    return $this->repeatables('content');
}

You can now receive the block data like this:

Post::find($id)->content;

Binding Views

You can directly bind a view to a repeatable to use it in the frontend where you display your block:

$repeatables->add('text', function($form, $preview) {
    // ...
})->view('repeatables.text');

You may even bind Blade x components using the x method:

$repeatables->add('text', function($form, $preview) {
    // ...
})->x('repeatables.text');

Reusable Repeatables

Sometimes you want to use repeatables in different places. Resuable repeatables can be created using the lit:repeatable command. The preview and form can then be configured in the newly generated class in the lit/app/Repeatables directory.

php artisan lit:repeatable text

The generated class can be added to a block by passing the namespace as the first parameter to the add method:

use Lit\Repeatables\TextRepeatable;

$repeatables->add(TextRepeatable::class);

Frontend

To use the repeatables of a block in the frontend you can loop over them and display the content depending on the repeatable type, like this:

@foreach($model->content as $repeatable)
    @if($repeatable->type == 'text')
        {{ $repeatable->text }}
    @elseif($repeatable->type == 'image')
        {{-- ... --}}
    @endif
@endforeach

However you can simply use the blade directive block, which does exactly that for you.

@block($model->content)

Methods

Repeatable Methods