Create Select Options from Enums, Laravel Models, and more

 Laravel Options by Spatie is a package to create lists of options from different sources:

A typical web application always has many select fields with options. This package makes it simple to transform enums, models, states, and arrays to a unified option structure.

An example from the readme illustrates how this package can help ease working with select options in Laravel applications. Given an enum, you can use this package to build options:

 1enum Hobbit: string
 2{
 3    case Frodo = 'frodo';
 4    case Sam = 'sam';
 5    case Merry = 'merry';
 6    case Pippin = 'pippin';
 7}
 8 
 9Options::forEnum(Hobbit::class)->toArray();
10 
11/* returns the following array
12[
13    ['label' => 'Frodo', 'value' => 'frodo'],
14    ['label' => 'Sam', 'value' => 'sam'],
15    ['label' => 'Merry', 'value' => 'merry'],
16    ['label' => 'Pippin', 'value' => 'pippin'],
17]
18*/
19 
20// Or return JSON
21Options::forEnum(Hobbit::class)->toJson();

Not only can you use Enums, but this package also supports data from various sources, including:

• Models
• Model States (via Spatie Model States)
• Arrays
• Manually

Another neat feature is that you can turn your options into a validation rule:

1$request->validate([
2    // ['in:frodo,sam,merry,pippin']
3    'hobbit' => Options::forEnum(Hobbit::class)->toValidationRule()
4]);

You can learn more about this package, get full installation instructions, and view the source code on GitHub. Also, read Introducing our new Laravel Options package by Freek Van der Herten to get the background and details on this package.

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A Simple Draft and Revision System for Laravel

 Laravel Drafts is a simple drop-in draft and revision system for Eloquent models. This package also supports drafts for related models; you can control saving models in a published or draft mode.

To get started with this package, your project will use the provided HasDrafts trait:

1use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
2use Oddvalue\LaravelDrafts\Concerns\HasDrafts;
3 
4class Post extends Model
5{
6    use HasDrafts;
7    // ...
8}

With the trait configured, you can use the following API to control creating a published model or a draft:

 1// By default, the record is published
 2Post::create([
 3    'title' => 'Foo',
 4    // ...
 5]);
 6 
 7// You can set the record as a draft in a few different ways:
 8 
 9// Via the `is_published` flag
10Post::create([
11    'title' => 'Foo',
12    'is_published' => false,
13]);
14 
15// Calling `createDraft`
16Post::createDraft(['title' => 'Foo']);
17 
18// Using the `saveAsDraft` method on a model
19Post::make(['title' => 'Foo'])->saveAsDraft();

Similarly, you can update a model, keeping it as a draft:

1$post->updateAsDraft(['title' => 'Bar']);
2 
3// Or
4 
5$post->title = 'Bar';
6$post->saveAsDraft();

You can also access draft revisions and configure how many total revisions to keep in the database. The readme is an excellent place to get started with this package.

Check out this package and contribute on GitHub at oddvalue/laravel-drafts.

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