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#Formbuilder Package for Laravel A small formbuilder for Laravel Models

##About This Package is in early status.

##Installing Require this package in your composer.json

"derduesseldorf/formbuilder" : "dev-master"

After updating composer add the ServiceProvider to the providers in your app/config/app.php

"Derduesseldord\Formbuilder\FormbuilderServiceProvider"

Add the Facade to the aliases in app/config/app.php

"Formbuilder" => "Derduesseldorf\Formbuilder\FormBuilderFacade"

##Configuration

To publish the configuration for the Formbuilder Package run

php artisan config:publish derduesseldorf/formbuilder

###Possible Settings

use-labels
is used to display labels in your form (Recommended: true)
wrapper-class
sets the class around the form wrapper
section-class
sets the class around the form sections / fields
form-class
sets the class form the form
exclude-fields
exclude fields from beeing displayed by default
form-types
strongly recommended to leave as it is. Defines types for input fields
form-options
Defines options for inputs

##The Form View

The view is located under

<root>/vendor/derduesseldorf/formbuilder/src/views/forms/formbuilder.blade.php

The HTML is clean. So you can style it your way.

##How to use

The simplest way
$form = Formbuilder::form(new YourModel)->render();
Assign $form to your View
With Form attributes
$form = Formbuilder::form(new YourModel);
$form->withAttributes(array('url' => 'actionurl', 'method' => 'post|get|put|delete'))
$form = $form->render();
Documentation on Laravel.com - Opening a form
With Field excludes
$form = Formbuilder::form(new YourModel);
$form->withAttributes(array('url' => 'actionurl', 'method' => 'post|get|put|delete'))
$form->excludeFields(array('of', 'excluded', 'field'))
$form = $form->render();
With Enable/Disable labels
$form = Formbuilder::form(new YourModel);
$form->withAttributes(array('url' => 'actionurl', 'method' => 'post|get|put|delete'))
$form->excludeFields(array('of', 'excluded', 'field'))
$form->withLabels(true|false) $form = $form->render();

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