Smart Route Detection in Laravel

Laravel Admin 03-01-2025

Explanation:

Laravel's named method provides a clean way to determine if a current request matches a specific route name. This powerful feature allows you to execute conditional logic based on the current route, perfect for analytics, navigation highlighting, or permission checks.

This approach becomes particularly valuable when building components that need to behave differently based on the current route, without writing repetitive conditional checks throughout your application.


Code:

if ($request->route()->named('dashboard')) {
    // We're on the dashboard
}

Here's a practical example implementing dynamic navigation states:

<?php
 
namespace App\View\Components;
 
use Illuminate\View\Component;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
class NavigationMenu extends Component
{
    public function __construct(private Request $request)
    {
    }
 
    public function isActive(string $routeName): bool
    {
        return $this->request->route()->named($routeName);
    }
 
    public function isActiveSection(string $section): bool
    {
        return $this->request->route()->named("$section.*");
    }
 
    public function render()
    {
        return view('components.navigation-menu', [
            'sections' => [
                'dashboard' => [
                    'label' => 'Dashboard',
                    'route' => 'dashboard',
                    'active' => $this->isActive('dashboard')
                ],
                'posts' => [
                    'label' => 'Blog Posts',
                    'route' => 'posts.index',
                    'active' => $this->isActiveSection('posts')
                ],
                'settings' => [
                    'label' => 'Settings',
                    'route' => 'settings.index',
                    'active' => $this->isActiveSection('settings')
                ]
            ]
        ]);
    }
}

When used in your application, the navigation component automatically detects the current route and updates accordingly:

<!-- navigation-menu.blade.php -->
<nav>
    @foreach($sections as $key => $section)
        <a href="{{ route($section['route']) }}"
           @class(['nav-link', 'active' => $section['active']])>
            {{ $section['label'] }}
        </a>
    @endforeach
</nav>

Comments :

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