Form Builder for Laravel

library for creating data oriented html forms

Usage:

Simply in controller:

$form = FormBuilder::form(['action' => route('test'), 'method' => 'POST'])->make([
    ["type" => "text", "name" => "first_name", "label" => "First Name", "value" => "John"],
    ["type" => "text", "name" => "last_name", "value" => "Doe"]
]);

In view:

<?php echo $form; ?>

Attributes to add and their default values:

Attribute	Example	Descriptioin	Default Value
name	first_name	the name attribute of the input	No Default Value
type	textarea	the type of input you want it can have the usual values for html input tag (text, number, hidden ...) and it can also have the value of 'select' to create dropdown list or 'textarea' to create textarea element	text
value	John	it will be the default value of the field	No Default Value
label	First Name	The name that will show to user above the field	the value of name attribute converted to title format
id	first-name	the id attribute of the input field	No Default Value
class	first-name	the class attribute of the input field	No Default Value
container_class	first-name-container	the class attribute of the div that contains input field	No Default Value
placeholder	First Name	the placeholder attribute of the input field	No Default Value
options	["John Doe"]	the list of options for if you choose type to be 'select'	No Default Value
attrs	onchange="inputChanged"	any custom attributes you want to add to the input field	No Default Value
error	First Name is required	the error message to show the user if there's an error	No Default Value
html	<button>Click Me</button>	html code to add if type attribute = raw_html	No Default Value

You can also use it with javascript like so:

In controller:

$formBuilderJs = FormBuilder::js();

In blade file:

<?php echo $formBuilderJs ?>

<form id="exampleForm">
    {{ csrf_field() }}
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
    let data = [
        {name: "name", id: "name", placeholder: "Please enter your name"},
        {type: "textarea", name: "description", id: "desc", class: "desc", container_class: "descContainer"},
        {type: "select", name: "car", options: ['Ferrari', 'BMW'], value: "BMW"},
        {type: "radio", name: "city", options: [{name: 'New York', value: 'new_york'}, {name: 'London', value: 'london'}], value: "london"},
        {type: "raw_html", value: "<hr>"},
        {type: "file", name: "image"}
    ];

    const formBuilder = new FormBuilder(data, '#exampleForm');
</script>

You can find the details about how to use it in Javascript in here

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.