app.php

'Ollieread\Toolkit\ToolkitServiceProvider'

BaseRepository.php

<?php namespace Ollieread\Toolkit\Repositories;

class BaseRepository
{
    
    public function setModel($model);
    
    public function setValidator($validator);
    
    public function setContext($context);
    
    public function make();
    
    public function all($paginate = 0);
    
    public function lists($value, $key = null, $select = false, $id = 0);
    
    public function get($id);
    
    public function getBy($field, $value);
    
    public function create(array $data);
    
    public function update($id, array $data);
    
    public function delete($id);
    
    public function with($with);
    
    public function wipe();

}

composer.json

"require": {
        "ollieread/toolkit": "1.0.0"
}

config.php

<?php

return [

    /*
     * This is the path for your routes directory, it may be app/routes or it may be
     * app/Project/Routes, whatever.
     */
    'routes_directory'      => app_path() . '/routes/',

    /*
     * Whether or not to use the default error handler for ValidationException, this
     * will basically catch validation errors and redirect back with input and errors.
     *
     * Set to false if you wish to define your own.
     */
    'catch_validation'      => true,

    /*
     * Whether or not updates should be tidied up. This will basically go through the dat passed
     * to BaseRepository::tidy($model, $data) and compare against the value in the model, anything
     * that matches is stripped from the array.
     */
    'pre_update_clean'      => true,

    /*
     * Whether or not to remove empty values from an update, set to false if you wish to write empty values
     * to your database.
     */
    'pre_update_empty'      => true

];

context.php

<?php
$repository->setContext($user->company->posts());

exception.php

<?php
App::error(function (ValidationException $e) {
    // Here we check the referer so that we don't get 'unable to redirect to empty url' errors.
    $referer = Request::server('HTTP_REFERER');

    if (!empty($referer)) {
        // Send the input and the errors
        return Redirect::back()->withInput()->withErrors($e->getErrors());
    }

});

publish.sh

php artisan config:publish ollieread/toolkit

routes-definition.php

Route::file($prefix, $file[, $attributes]);

routes.php

<?php

Route::file('/user', 'user.php', [
    'namespace' => 'MyApp\Controllers\User', 
    'before' => 'auth'
]);

user.php

<?php

Route::get('/', [
    'as'    => 'user.index',
    'uses'  => 'UserController@index'
]);

Route::get('/{id}', [
    'as'    => 'user.show',
    'uses'  => 'UserController@show'
]);

validator.php

<?php

use Ollieread\Toolkit\Validators\BaseValidator;

class MyValidator extends BaseValidator
{
    
    public static $rules = [
        'create'    => [],
        'update'    => []
    ];
    
}