Setting Bootstrap navbar active class in Laravel 5

Question

I\'ve been wondering around looking for solutions, but can\'t really understand especially when creating helpers. I\'m new in Laravel and I want a simple or if not a detaile

Answer 1

<ul class="nav nav-second-level">
                    <li class={{ Request::is('/') ? 'active' : '' }}>
                        <a href="{{ url('programs' )}}" ></i> Programs</a>
                    </li>
                    <li class="{{ Request::segment(1) === 'beneficiaries' ? 'active' : null }}">
                        <a href="{{url('beneficiaries')}}"> Beneficiaries</a>
                    </li>
                    <li class="{{ Request::segment(1) === 'indicators' ? 'active' : null }}">
                        <a href="{{url('indicators')}}"> Indicators</a>
                    </li>                     
                </ul>