Laravel editable slugs for resources

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Laravel editable slugs for resource

Use Laravel Sluggable package

form.blade.php

<!-- shared form for both add and edit -->
<div class="form-group row {{ $errors->has('slug') ? 'has-danger' : '' }}">
    <label class="col-2 col-form-label">Slug</label>
    <div class="col-10">
        <input class="form-control {{ $errors->has('slug') ? 'form-control-danger' : '' }}" type="text" value="{{ old('slug') ?? $location->slug ?? null }}" name="slug" placeholder="[generate automatically]">
        @if($errors->has('slug'))
          <div class="form-control-feedback">{{ $errors->first('slug') }}</div>
        @endif
    </div>
</div>

Laravel editable slugs for resource.php

<?php
// ----------- CONTROLLER -----------

/**
 * Store resource
 */

public function store(Request $request)
{
    // nothing special, slug generated automatically
    $location = Location::make($request->all());
    $location->save();

    return redirect()->route('admin.locations.index');
}

/**
 * Update resource
 */
public function update(Request $request, Location $location)
{
    // if custom slug was passed, slugify it and pass it to validation
    if($request->filled('slug')) {
        $request->merge(['slug' => str_slug($request->input('slug'))]);
    }

    // validation
    $this->validate($request, [
        'slug' => 'unique:locations,slug,' . $location->id,
    ], [
        'slug.unique' => 'This slug has already been taken. Enter a unique one, or submit empty value to auto-generate.',
    ]);

    // update slug if not empty, otherwise let the library generate one
    if($request->filled('slug')) {
        $location->slug = $request->input('slug');
    } else {
        $location->generateSlug();
    }
    $location->save();
    return redirect()->route('admin.locations.index');
}

Model.php

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Spatie\Sluggable\HasSlug;
use Spatie\Sluggable\SlugOptions;

class Location extends Model
{
    use HasSlug;

    protected $fillable = ['name', 'slug'];

    /**
     * Get the options for generating the slug.
     */
    public function getSlugOptions() : SlugOptions
    {
        return SlugOptions::create()
            ->generateSlugsFrom('name')
            ->saveSlugsTo('slug')
            ->doNotGenerateSlugsOnUpdate();
    }
}