Category

Category Table (Recursive) (PostgreSQL only)

Installation

 composer.json

 "require": {
	"laravel/framework": "4.1.*",
	"raymondidema/category": "dev-master"
},

After updating you could do composer update or composer install or alternatively composer require raymondidema/category

Config

 ./app/config/app.php
 
 'providers' => array( 'Raymondidema\Category\CategoryServiceProvider' );
 'aliases' => array( 'Menustructure' => 'Raymondidema\Category\Facades\Category' );

Children

 Menustructure::table('categories')
                ->children($id)
                ->depth(3)
                ->get();

Optional components

Required

table($table), children($id), childrenWithRoot($id), decendants($id), decendantsWithRoot($id), ancestors($id), breadcrumb($id), get(array('*'))

Optional

depth($integer), where($column, $option), orderBy($column, $ascOrDesc), remember($minutes = null)

Descendants

 Menustructure::table('categories')
                ->decendants($id)
                ->depth(2)
                ->where('name', 'aspire')
                ->get();

Ancestors

 Menustructure::table('categories')->ancestors($id)->get(array('name','slug'));

Database layout example

Category requires the following columns: id, parent_id, position

 Schema::create('categories', function(Blueprint $table)
 	{
 		$table->increments('id');
 		$table->integer('parent_id')->unsigned()->nullable();
 		$table->string('name');
 		$table->string('slug');
 		$table->integer('position')->unsigned()->nullable();
 		$table->timestamps();
 		$table->softDeletes();
 	});

How to interact with a model

this is not required.

 <?php

 use \Raymondidema\Category\Models\Reloquent;

 class Category extends Reloquent
 {
 	// do stuff here!!!
 }