Use PHP traits to extend Laravel Eloquent Models to allow Tags. Models can be marked as Taggable.

#Laravel Taggable Trait

This package is not meant to handle javascript or html in any way. This package handles database storage and read/writes only.

There are no real limits on what characters can be used in a tag. It uses a slug transform to determine if two tags are identical ("sugar-free" and "Sugar Free" would be treated as the same tag). Tag display names are run through Str::title()

composer require rtconner/laravel-tagging

#Install and then Run the migrations

The package should auto-discover when you composer update. Then publish the tagging.php and run the database migrations with these commands.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Conner\Tagging\Providers\TaggingServiceProvider"
php artisan migrate

#Setup your models

class Article extends \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
{
    use \Conner\Tagging\Taggable;
}

#Quick Sample Usage

$article = Article::with('tagged')->first(); // eager load
 
foreach($article->tags as $tag) {
    echo $tag->name . ' with url slug of ' . $tag->slug;
}
 
$article->tag('Gardening'); // attach the tag
 
$article->untag('Cooking'); // remove Cooking tag
$article->untag(); // remove all tags
 
$article->retag(array('Fruit', 'Fish')); // delete current tags and save new tags
 
$article->tagNames(); // get array of related tag names
 
Article::withAnyTag(['Gardening','Cooking'])->get(); // fetch articles with any tag listed
 
Article::withAllTags(['Gardening', 'Cooking'])->get(); // only fetch articles with all the tags
 
Article::withoutTags(['Gardening', 'Cooking'])->get(); // only fetch articles without all tags listed
 
Conner\Tagging\Model\Tag::where('count', '>', 2)->get(); // return all tags used more than twice
 
Article::existingTags(); // return collection of all existing tags on any articles

Documentation: More Usage Examples

Documentation: Tag Groups

Documentation: Tagging Events

Documentation: Tag Suggesting

#Configure

See config/tagging.php for configuration options.

#Lumen Installation

Documentation: Lumen

#Credits

• Robert Conner - http://smartersoftware.net

#Further Reading

• Laravel News article on tagging with this library
• 3rd Party Posting on installation with Twitter Bootstrap 2.3