README

Introduction

This package is to displaying the model data in a Grid table.

Requirements

• laravel 5.5+ | 6+ | 7+ | 8+ | 9+ | 10+ | 11+ | 12+ | 13+
• Bootstrap 4 for styling
• JQuery
• php >= 7.1
• composer

Installation

General from remote repository

Run the composer command:

composer require itstructure/laravel-grid-view "^1.1.10"

If you are testing this package from a local server directory

In application composer.json file set the repository, as in example:

"repositories": [
    {
        "type": "path",
        "url": "../laravel-grid-view",
        "options": {
            "symlink": true
        }
    }
],

Here,

../laravel-grid-view - directory path, which has the same directory level as application and contains Grid View package.

Then run command:

composer require itstructure/laravel-grid-view:dev-master --prefer-source

Publish files (Not necessary)

• To publish views run command:

  php artisan grid_view:publish --only=views

  It stores view files to resources/views/vendor/grid_view folder.

• To publish translations run command:

  php artisan grid_view:publish --only=lang

  It stores translation files to resources/lang/vendor/grid_view folder.

• To publish all parts run command without only argument:

  php artisan grid_view:publish

  Else you can use --force argument to rewrite already published files.

Where this is already used (my packages)

• RBAC Manager

• Media File Uploader

You can see this packages above as examples.

Usage

Make sure you use a Bootstrap 4 for styling and JQuery in your application.

Controller part

Must use EloquentDataProvider to insert data in to the view template.

For EloquentDataProvider class constructor use a model query object.

Example:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Itstructure\GridView\DataProviders\EloquentDataProvider;

class ExampleController extends Controller
{
    public function example()
    {
        $dataProvider = new EloquentDataProvider(ExampleModel::query());
        return view('example-view', [
            'dataProvider' => $dataProvider
        ]);
    }
}

View template part

Use @gridView() directive with config array in a blade view template.

Simple quick usage

You can simply set columns to display as string format in columnFields array.

Note:

There search filter fields are displayed automatically. By default text form field filters are used.

If you don't want to use search filters, set useFilters = false.

@php
$gridData = [
    'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
    'title' => 'Panel title',
    'useFilters' => false,
    'columnFields' => [
        'id',
        'active',
        'icon',
        'created_at'
    ]
];
@endphp

@gridView($gridData)

Alternative variant without a blade directive:

{!! grid_view([
    'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
    'useFilters' => false,
    'columnFields' => [
        'id',
        'active',
        'icon',
        'created_at'
    ]
]) !!}

Setting custom options

Main columns

Simple example:

@gridView([
    'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
    'columnFields' => [
        [
            'label' => 'First Name', // Column label.
            'attribute' => 'first_name', // Attribute, by which the row column data will be taken from a model.
        ],
        [
            'label' => 'Last Name',
            'value' => function ($row) {
                return $row->last_name;
            }
            'sort' => 'last_name' // To sort rows. Have to set if an 'attribute' is not defined for column.
        ],
    ]
])

Special columns

Besides main columns, there can be the next special columns:

• ActionColumn - is for displaying Buttons to view, edit and delete rows.

  Set 'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Columns\ActionColumn::class in column option

  There are the next required actionTypes:

  • view - makes a link for viewing. Default url scheme: url()->current() . '/' . $row->id . '/delete'.
  • edit - makes a link for edition. Default url scheme: url()->current() . '/' . $row->id . '/edit'.
  • delete - makes a link for deletion. Default url scheme: url()->current() . '/' . $row->id . '/delete'.

  They can be simple strings, arrays or callbacks.

  For array format it is necessary set class. And optional: url, htmlAttributes.

  By callback you can change urls to your routes.

  Simple example for a column config:

  @gridView([
      'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
      'columnFields' => [
          [
              'label' => 'Actions', // Optional
              'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Columns\ActionColumn::class, // Required
              'actionTypes' => [ // Required
                  'view',
                  'edit' => function ($data) {
                      return '/admin/pages/' . $data->id . '/edit';
                  },
                  [
                      'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Actions\Delete::class, // Required
                      'url' => function ($data) { // Optional
                          return '/admin/pages/' . $data->id . '/delete';
                      },
                      'htmlAttributes' => [ // Optional
                          'target' => '_blank',
                          'style' => 'color: yellow; font-size: 16px;',
                          'onclick' => 'return window.confirm("Are you sure you want to delete?");'
                      ]
                  ]
              ]
          ]
      ]
  ])

• CheckboxColumn - is for displaying Checkboxes to multiple choose the rows.

  Set 'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Columns\CheckboxColumn::class in column option

  There are the next required options:

  • field - is for a name checkbox input attribute. It is rendered as an array name="{{ $field }}[]".
  • attribute - is for a value checkbox input attribute. It is rendered as: value="$row->{$this->attribute}".

  Simple example for a column config:

  @gridView([
      'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
      'columnFields' => [
          [
              'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Columns\CheckboxColumn::class,
              'field' => 'delete',
              'attribute' => 'id'
          ]
      ]
  ])

Filters

There are the next filter's variants:

• Column option to switch off the filter:

  'filter' => false

• TextFilter - is a default filter, which renders a text form field to search, using column attribute.

• DropdownFilter - is a filter, which renders <select> html tag.

  Set the next as column option:

  @gridView([
      'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
      'columnFields' => [
          [
              'attribute' => 'example_attribute',
              'filter' => [
                  'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Filters\DropdownFilter::class,
                  'data' => ['key' => 'value', 'key' => 'value'] // Array keys are for html <option> tag values, array values are for titles.
              ]
          ]
      ]
  ])

  If attribute is not defined for column or you want to set a special filter field name:

  @gridView([
      'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
      'columnFields' => [
          [
              'filter' => [
                  'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Filters\DropdownFilter::class,
                  'name' => 'example_name',
                  'data' => ['key' => 'value', 'key' => 'value'] // Array keys are for html <option> tag values, array values are for titles.
              ]
          ]
      ]
  ])

Formatters

There are the next formatter keys:

• html - is for passing a row content with html tags.
• image - is for inserting a row data in to src attribute of <img> tag.
• text - applies strip_tags() for a row data.
• url - is for inserting a row data in to href attribute of <a> tag.

For that keys there are the next formatters:

• HtmlFormatter
• ImageFormatter
• TextFormatter
• UrlFormatter

Also you can set formatter with some addition options. See the next simple example:

@gridView([
    'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
    'columnFields' => [
        [
            'attribute' => 'url',
            'format' => [
                'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Formatters\UrlFormatter::class,
                'title' => 'Source',
                'htmlAttributes' => [
                    'target' => '_blank'
                ]
            ]
        ],
        [
            'attribute' => 'content',
            'format' => 'html'
        ]
    ]
])

Existing form areas and main buttons

There are two main form areas:

• grid_view_filters_form

  Two buttons affect search request submission:

  • Search. You can change a button label by option: searchButtonLabel.
  • Reset. You can change a button label by option: resetButtonLabel.

  If useFilters = false, these buttons will not be displayed.

• grid_view_rows_form

  You can set a specific action attribute value by option rowsFormAction.

  One button affect a main submit request:

  • Send. You can change a button label by option: sendButtonLabel.

    Note! This button will be displayed under one of two conditions:

    • There is a checkbox column.
    • Option useSendButtonAnyway = true.

Complex extended example

@php
$gridData = [
    'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
    'paginatorOptions' => [ // Here you can set some options of paginator Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator, used in a package.
        'pageName' => 'p'
    ],
    'rowsPerPage' => 5, // The number of rows in one page. By default 10.
    'title' => 'Panel title', // It can be empty ''
    'strictFilters' => true, // If true, then a searching by filters will be strict, using an equal '=' SQL operator instead of 'like'.
    'rowsFormAction' => '/admin/pages/deletion', // Route url to send slected checkbox items for deleting rows, for example.
    'useSendButtonAnyway' => true, // If true, even if there are no checkbox column, the main send button will be displayed.
    'searchButtonLabel' => 'Find',
    'columnFields' => [
        [
            'attribute' => 'id', // REQUIRED if value is not defined. Attribute name to get row column data.
            'label' => 'ID', // Column label.
            'filter' => false, // If false, then column will be without a search filter form field.,
            'htmlAttributes' => [
                'width' => '5%' // Width of table column.
            ]
        ],
        [
            'label' => 'Active', // Column label.
            'value' => function ($row) { // You can set 'value' as a callback function to get a row data value dynamically.
                return '<span class="icon fas '.($row->active == 1 ? 'fa-check' : 'fa-times').'"></span>';
            },
            'filter' => [ // For dropdown it is necessary to set 'data' array. Array keys are for html <option> tag values, array values are for titles.
                'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Filters\DropdownFilter::class, // REQUIRED. For this case it is necessary to set 'class'.
                'name' => 'active', // REQUIRED if 'attribute' is not defined for column.
                'data' => [ // REQUIRED.
                    0 => 'No active',
                    1 => 'Active',
                ]
            ],
            'format' => 'html', // To render column content without lossless of html tags, set 'html' formatter.
            'sort' => 'active' // To sort rows. Have to set if an attribute is not defined for column.
        ],
        [
            'label' => 'Icon', // Column label.
            'value' => function ($row) { // You can set 'value' as a callback function to get a row data value dynamically.
                return $row->icon;
            },
            'filter' => false, // If false, then column will be without a search filter form field.
            'format' => [ // Set special formatter. If $row->icon value is a url to image, it will be inserted in to 'src' attribute of <img> tag.
                'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Formatters\ImageFormatter::class, // REQUIRED. For this case it is necessary to set 'class'.
                'htmlAttributes' => [ // Html attributes for <img> tag.
                    'width' => '100'
                ]
            ]
        ],
        'created_at', // Simple column setting by string.
        [ // Set Action Buttons.
            'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Columns\ActionColumn::class, // REQUIRED.
            'actionTypes' => [ // REQUIRED.
                'view',
                'edit' => function ($data) {
                    return '/admin/pages/' . $data->id . '/edit';
                },
                [
                    'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Actions\Delete::class, // REQUIRED
                    'url' => function ($data) {
                        return '/admin/pages/' . $data->id . '/delete';
                    },
                    'htmlAttributes' => [
                        'target' => '_blank',
                        'style' => 'color: yellow; font-size: 16px;',
                        'onclick' => 'return window.confirm("Sure to delete?");'
                    ]
                ]
            ]
        ],
        [
            // For this case checkboxes will be rendered according with: <input type="checkbox" name="delete[]" value="{{ $row->id }}" />
            'class' => Itstructure\GridView\Columns\CheckboxColumn::class, // REQUIRED.
            'field' => 'delete', // REQUIRED.
            'attribute' => 'id' // REQUIRED.
            'display' => function ($row) {
                return {...condition to return true for displaying...};
            }
        ]
    ]
];
@endphp

@gridView($gridData)

License

Copyright © 2020-2026 Andrey Girnik girnikandrey@gmail.com.

Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt for details.