balajidharma/laravel-category

Laravel nestable custom categories
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Install
composer require balajidharma/laravel-category
Latest Version:v3.0.1
License:MIT
Last Updated:May 14, 2026
Links: GitHub  ·  Packagist
Maintainer: balajidharma

Table of Contents

Installation

  • Install the package via composer
composer require balajidharma/laravel-category
  • Publish the migration and the config/category.php config file with
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="BalajiDharma\LaravelCategory\CategoryServiceProvider"
  • Run the migrations
php artisan migrate

Demo

The "Basic Laravel Admin Penel" starter kit come with Laravel Category

Create Category Type


use BalajiDharma\LaravelCategory\Models\CategoryType;

CategoryType::create([
    'name' => 'Product Category',
    'machine_name' => 'product_category',
    'description' => 'Site Product Category',
]);

Category Tree

  • Get a category tree by using category type id
use BalajiDharma\LaravelCategory\Models\Category;

$items = (new Category)->toTree($type->id);
  • Get a category tree by using the category machine name
use BalajiDharma\LaravelCategory\Models\CategoryType;

$items = CategoryType::getCategoryTree('product_category');

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