README

Frontend package for Laravel ecommerce: FrontController, UrlMapper (CRUD), and URL-based controller registration.

Dependency

• unusualdope/laravel-ecommerce (for Language model and languages table)

Install

composer require unusualdope/front-laravel-ecommerce

Config

Publish config (optional):

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=config

Or add to config/ud-front-ecommerce.php:

• admin_route_prefix – admin route prefix (Url Mapper CRUD). Set same as ud-ecommerce.admin_route_prefix to share admin menu.
• admin_middleware – admin route middleware.
• front_route_prefix – front URL prefix (catch-all), example: shop → /shop/{path}.
• front_middleware – front route middleware.
• front_controllers – additional controller array: ['Name' => FQCN::class].
• language_model – Language model FQCN (default: from ecommerce).

Migration

php artisan migrate

Creates tables:

• class_list – stores controller list (front_controller, payment_gateway)
• url_mapper – friendly URL mapping per language to controller

Usage

1. Url Mapper (admin) Go to /{admin_route_prefix}/url-mapper (e.g. /admin/ecommerce/url-mapper). Click "Scan Classes" to automatically discover controllers, then "Manage URLs" to set friendly URL per language.

2. Front Front URL: /{front_route_prefix}/{path} (e.g. /shop/product, /shop/en/product). First segment can be locale (iso_code) then friendly_url, or directly friendly_url with default language.

3. Add front controller

   • Automatic: Click "Scan Classes" button in Url Mapper page to automatically discover controllers.
   • Via config: Add to config/ud-front-ecommerce.php:

     'front_controllers' => [
         'Category' => \App\Http\Controllers\Front\CategoryController::class,
     ],

   • Via code: In AppServiceProvider::boot():

     use Unusualdope\FrontLaravelEcommerce\Models\ClassList;
     ClassList::register('Category', \App\Http\Controllers\Front\CategoryController::class, 'front_controller');

   Controller must have method: handle(Request $request, string $slug = '').