Setting the Active Menu in laravel (i have moved all the functions to my laravel package you can download it form here https://github.com/ManojKiranA/Aktiv)

ActiveMenus.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
class ActiveMenus 
{

    /**
    * @function     isRouteActive
    * @author       Manojkiran
    * @contact      manojkiran10031998@gmail.com
    * @param        string  $routeName
    * @param        string  $className
    * @usage        Detect The Give route and return as Active
    * @version      1.3
    **/
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Detect Active Route
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Compare given route with current route and return className if they matches.
    | Very useful for navigation, marking if the link is active.
    |
    |Usage:
    |Option 1: Returning the bootstrap active class
    |<li class="{{ ActiveMenu::isRouteActive('routeName') }}">
    |
    |Option 2: Returning the Custom active class
    |<li class="{{ ActiveMenu::isRouteActive('routeName','activeClassName') }}">
    |
    */
    public static function isRouteActive($routeName='',$className='')
    {
        if ($className == null)
        {
            $className = "active";    
        }
        if (Route::currentRouteName() == $routeName) 
        {
            return $className;
        }
    }

    /**
    * @function     areRoutesActive
    * @author       Manojkiran
    * @contact      manojkiran10031998@gmail.com
    * @param        array  $routeNames
    * @param        string  $className
    * @usage        Detect The Give routes and return as Active
    * @version      1.3
    **/

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Detect Active Routes
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Compare given array of  routes with current route and return className if they matches.
    | Very useful for navigation, marking if the link is active.
    |
    |Usage
    |Option 1: Returning the bootstrap active class
    |<li class="{{ ActiveMenu::areRoutesActive(['routeName1','routeName2','routeName3',routeNameN]) }}">
    |
    |Option 2: Returning the Custom active class
    |<li class="{{ ActiveMenu::areRoutesActive(['routeName1','routeName2','routeName3',routeNameN],'activeClassName') }}">
    |
    */
    public static function areRoutesActive(Array $routeNames,$className='') 
    {
        if ($className == null) 
        {
            $className = "active";    
        }
        foreach ($routeNames as $routeName) 
        {
            if (Route::currentRouteName() == $routeName)
            {
                return $className;
            } 
        }
    }

    /**
    * @function     isResourceActive
    * @author       Manojkiran
    * @contact      manojkiran10031998@gmail.com
    * @param        string  $resourceName
    * @param        string  $className
    * @usage        Detect The Give resources and return as Active
    * @version      1.5
    **/

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Detect Active Resource
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Compare given array of  resource with current resource and return className if they matches.
    | Very useful for navigation, marking if the link is active.
    |
    |Usage:
    |Option 1: Returning the bootstrap active class
    |<li class="{{ ActiveMenu::isResourceActive('resourceName') }}">
    |
    |Option 2: Returning the Custom active class
    |<li class="{{ ActiveMenu::isResourceActive('resourceName','activeClassName') }}">
    |
    */
    public static  function isResourceActive($resourceName,$className='') 
    {
        if ($className == null) 
        {
            $className = "active";    
        }
        $routeResourceLists = ['.index','.create','.edit','show'];

        foreach ($routeResourceLists as $routeResourceList) 
        {
            $activateEachRoute = $resourceName . $routeResourceList;

            if (Route::is($activateEachRoute)) 
            {
                return $className;
                
            }
        }
    }

    /**
    * @function     areResourcesActive
    * @author       Manojkiran
    * @contact      manojkiran10031998@gmail.com
    * @param        array  $resourceNames
    * @param        string  $className
    * @usage        Detect The Give resources and return as Active
    * @version      1.5
    **/

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Detect Active Resources
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Compare given array of  resources with current resources and return className if they matches.
    | Very useful for navigation, marking if the link is active.
    |
    |Usage
    |Option 1: Returning the bootstrap active class
    |<li class="{{ ActiveMenu::areResourcesActive(['resourceName1','resourceName2','resourceName3',resourceNameN]) }}">
    |
    |Option 2: Returning the Custom active class
    |<li class="{{ |ActiveMenu::areResourcesActive(['resourceName1','resourceName2','resourceName3',resourceNameN],'activeClassName') }}">
    |
    */
    public static function areResourcesActive(Array $resourceNames,$className='')
    {
        if ($className == null) 
        {
            $className = "active";    
        }
        foreach($resourceNames as $resourceName)
        {
           $routeResourceLists = ['.index','.create','.edit','show'];
            
            foreach ($routeResourceLists as $routeResourceList) 
            {
                $activateEachRoute = $resourceName . $routeResourceList;
                
                if (Route::is($activateEachRoute)) 
                {
                    return $className;
               }
            }
        }
    }
}