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This package introduces a new @capture directive that allows you to capture small parts of your Blade templates and re-use them later on without needing to extract them into partials.

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require ryangjchandler/blade-capture-directive

Usage

This package adds a new pair of directives: @capture and @endcapture.

The @capture directive will capture all of your Blade until it reaches an @endcapture directive. It takes the code and stores it inside of a variable for usage later on.

@capture($hello)
    Hello, world!
@endcapture

The directive requires at least 1 argument. This argument should be a PHP variable that you would like to assign your partial to. The variable itself will become a Closure that can be invoked inside of Blade echo tags ({{ }}) anywhere after it's definition.

@capture($hello)
    Hello, world!
@endcapture

{{ $hello() }}

The above code will invoke your captured Blade code and output Hello, world! when compiled by Laravel and rendered in the browser.

The @capture directive also supports arguments. This means you can capture generalised chunks of Blade and change the output dynamically. This is achieved by specifying a comma-separated list of PHP variables like so:

@capture($hello, $name)
    Hello, {{ $name }}!
@endcapture

The above code will require that a name is passed to $hello(), like below:

@capture($hello, $name)
    Hello, {{ $name }}!
@endcapture

{{ $hello('Ryan') }}

The Blade will compile this and your view will output Hello, Ryan!. Cool, right?

The list of arguments can be treated like any set of arguments defined on a function. This means you can assign default values and specify multiple arguments:

@capture($hello, $name, $greeting = 'Hello, ')
    {{ $greeting }} {{ $name }}!
@endcapture

{{ $hello('Ryan') }}
{{ $hello('Taylor', 'Yo, ') }}

The above code will now output Hello, Ryan! as well as Yo, Taylor!. This is really cool, I know!

Inheriting scope

All captured blocks will inherit the parent scope, just like a regular partial would in Blade. This means you can use any data passed to the view without having to pass it through to the block manually.

@php($name = 'Ryan')

@capture($hello)
    Hello, {{ $name }}!
@endcapture

{{ $hello() }}

If your captured block has a parameter with the same name as a predefined variable from the inherited scope, the block's parameter will always take precedence.

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• Ryan Chandler
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.