Laravel extend Form class

Question

I\'m trying to extend the Form class in L4.1 but I seem to be missing something. My file is named FormBuilder.php based on the API and is saved in

Answer 1

To extend/swap a Laravel core class, you can create a Service Provider:

File: app/App/Libraries/Extensions/FormBuilder/FormBuilderServiceProvider.php

app->bindShared('formbuilder', function($app)
        {
            $form = new FormBuilder($app['html'], $app['url'], $app['session.store']->getToken());

            return $form->setSessionStore($app['session.store']);
        });
    }

    /**
     * Get the services provided by the provider.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function provides()
    {
        return array('formbuilder');
    }

}

Create a Facade for it:

File: app/App/Libraries/Extensions/FormBuilder/FormBuilderFacade.php

This would be your namespaced service class:

File: app/App/Libraries/Extensions/FormBuilder/FormBuilder.php

"field-{$name}");

        return $this->input('text', $name, $value, $options);
    }

}

Open app/config/app.php and your Service Provider to the list

'App\Libraries\Extensions\FormBuilder\FormBuilderServiceProvider',

And replace Laravel's Form alias with yours

    'Form'            => 'App\Libraries\Extensions\FormBuilder\FormBuilderFacade',

To test I created a router like this:

Route::any('test', function() {

   return e(Form::text('first_name'));

});

And it gave me this result: