Laravel Livewire Forms

Laravel Livewire form component with declarative Bootstrap 5 fields and buttons.

Requirements

• Bootstrap 5

Installation

composer require bastinald/laravel-livewire-forms

Usage

Make a new form:

php artisan make:form users.create-user-form

Declare fields:

public function fields()
{
    return [
        Input::make('name', 'Name'),
        Input::make('email', 'Email')->type('email'),
        Input::make('password', 'Password')->type('password'),
    ];
}

Declare buttons:

public function buttons()
{
    return [
        Button::make('Create User')->click('createUser'),
        Button::make('Cancel', 'secondary')->url('/'),
    ];
}

Declare rules:

public function rules()
{
    return [
        'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
        'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
        'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8'],
    ];
}

Declare an action (notice the use of ->click('createUser') in the button example above:

public function createUser()
{
    $this->validate();

    User::create([
        'name' => $this->data('name'),
        'email' => $this->data('email'),
        'password' => Hash::make($this->data('password')),
    ]);

    return redirect('/');
}

Full Page Forms

Create a full page form by specifying a title, layout and route to use:

class Login extends FormComponent
{
    public $title = 'Login';
    public $layout = 'layouts.card';

    public function route()
    {
        return Route::get('/login', static::class)
            ->name('login')
            ->middleware('guest');
    }

The route method is made available by using my laravel-livewire-routes package.

Setting Initial Data

You can set the initial form data / defaults via the data array property in your component mount method:

class UpdateUserForm extends FormComponent
{
    public $title = 'Update User';
    
    public function route()
    {
        return Route::get('/users/update/{user}', static::class)
            ->name('users.update')
            ->middleware('auth');
    }
    
    public function mount(User $user)
    {
        $this->data = $user->toArray();
    }

Accessing Data

Use the data method in the component to access current form data (you can use dot notation for array values):

public function createUser()
{
    User::create([
        'name' => $this->data('name'),
        'email' => $this->data('email'),
        'likes_turtles' => $this->data('answers.likes_turtles'),
    ]);
}

Data Binding

Most fields allow you to change the way livewire binds data via helper methods that are chained to fields e.g.:

Input::make('name', 'Name'), // defaults to defer
Input::make('name', 'Name')->instant(), // bind on keyup 
Input::make('name', 'Name')->defer(), // bind on action 
Input::make('name', 'Name')->lazy(), // bind on change
Input::make('name', 'Name')->debounce(500), // bind after 500ms delay 

Sizing

Many fields also allow you to specify a size for the input e.g.:

Input::make('name', 'Name'), // defaults to normal sizing
Input::make('name', 'Name')->small(), // small sizing
Input::make('name', 'Name')->large(), // large sizing

Disabling

Some fields allow you to disable or set them to readonly, and even plaintext for inputs:

Input::make('name', 'Name')->disabled(),
Input::make('name', 'Name')->readonly(),
Input::make('name', 'Name')->plaintext(),

Helper Text

Specify helper text for a field by using the help method:

Input::make('name', 'Name')->help('Please tell us your name!'),

Available Fields

Alert ($message, $style = 'success')

An alert box.

Alert::make('It worked!'),
Alert::make('Something bad happened.', 'danger'),
Alert::make('Something else happened.')->dismissible(),

The $style parameter accepts a bootstrap alert style e.g. success, danger, primary, etc. Use the dismissible method to make the alert dismissible.

Available methods: dismissible

Arrayable ($name, $label = null)

An array of fields.

Arrayable::make('locations', 'Locations')->fields([
    Input::make('city')->placeholder('City'),
    Select::make('state')->placeholder('State')->options(['FL', 'TX']),
]),

Available methods: fields, help, disabled

Button ($label = 'Submit', $style = 'primary')

A button used for actions and links.

Button::make('Register')->click('register'),
Button::make('Already registered?', 'secondary')->route('login'),
Button::make('Go back home', 'link')->url('/'),

The $style parameter accepts a bootstrap button style e.g. primary, outline-secondary, link, etc. Use the block method to make a button full width.

Available methods: block, click, href, route, url

Checkbox ($name, $label)

A checkbox field.

Checkbox::make('accept', 'I accept the terms'),
Checkbox::make('accept', 'I accept')->help('Please accept our terms'),
Checkbox::make('active', 'This user is active')->switch(),

Use the switch method to style the checkbox as a switch.

Available methods: switch, help, instant, defer, lazy, debounce, disabled

Checkboxes ($name, $label = null)

An array of checkbox fields.

Checkboxes::make('colors', 'Colors')->options(['Red', 'Green', 'Blue']),

Available methods: options, switch, help, instant, defer, lazy, debounce, disabled

Color ($name, $label = null)

A color picker field.

Color::make('hair_color', 'Hair Color'),

Available methods: small, large, help, instant, defer, lazy, debounce, disabled, readonly

Conditional

A statement used to conditionally show fields.

Conditional::if($this->data('color') == 'green', [
    Input::make('green', 'Green'),
])->elseif($this->data('color') == 'blue', [
    Input::make('blue', 'Blue'),
])->else([
    Input::make('red', 'Red'),
]),

Available methods: if, elseif, else

DynamicComponent ($name, $attrs = [])

A field used to display dynamic third-party components.

DynamicComponent::make('honey'),
DynamicComponent::make('honey', ['recaptcha' => true]),

This would translate to <x-honey/> and <x-honey recaptcha="recaptcha"/> in your form.

File ($name, $label = null)

A file upload field.

File::make('avatar', 'Avatar'),
File::make('photos', 'Photos')->multiple(),
File::make('documents', 'Documents')->multiple()->disk('s3'),

Use the multiple method to allow multiple file uploads. Optionally specify the filesystem disk to use via the disk method (used for linking to files, defaults to the filesystem config default).

Available methods: disk, multiple, help, disabled

Input ($name, $label = null)

An input field.

Input::make('name', 'Name'),
Input::make('phone')->placeholder('Phone')->type('tel'),
Input::make('email', 'Email')->type('email')->large(),
Input::make('price', 'Price')->type('number')->append('$')->prepend('.00'),

The type method accepts a standard HTML input type. As with other inputs, use small or large to resize an input. Input fields also support appends/prepends, and even plaintext.

Available methods: small, large, help, instant, defer, lazy, debounce, disabled, readonly, placeholder, type, append, prepend, plaintext

Radio ($name, $label = null)

A radio field.

Radio::make('gender', 'Gender')->options(['Male', 'Female']),

Available methods: options, switch, help, instant, defer, lazy, debounce, disabled

Select ($name, $label = null)

A select dropdown field.

Select::make('color', 'Color')->options(['Red', 'Green', 'Blue']),
Select::make('color', 'Color')->options([
    '#ff0000' => 'Red',
    '#00ff00' => 'Green',
    '#0000ff' => 'Blue',
])->instant(),
Select::make('user_id', 'User')->options(User::pluck('name', 'id')->toArray()),

Available methods: options, small, large, help, instant, defer, lazy, debounce, disabled, placeholder

Textarea ($name, $label = null)

A textarea field.

Input::make('bio', 'Biography'),
Input::make('bio', 'Biography')->rows(5),

Available methods: small, large, help, instant, defer, lazy, debounce, disabled, readonly, placeholder, rows

View ($name, $data = [])

Used to render a custom Blade view inside the form.

View::make('custom-view', ['hello' => 'world']),