SideNav is a PHP package which helps you generate powerful sidebar navigation.

• SubMenu : Define your submenu to item
• Grouping : Define your items in groups
• Cheking : Define dynamic menues and submenues with if statement support

• A php component that makes it easier to build vertical nav menus
• The sidenav package can manage your sidebar navigations items on your project
• you can install this package with composer and config your sidebar navigations items

• php 5.5 >=
• HHVM

You can install this package throw the Composer by running:

composer require anetwork/sidenav

• you should use the register method of sidenav object
• the method wants 2 arguments
• the first one should be a string of your item name
• the second one must be a function literal to use Menu Object for define all of menu options

SideNav::register('item_name',function($menu){

    $menu->link('the_item_url');
    
    $menu->title('the title');
    
    $menu->className('class-name'); // Item css class attribute
    
    $menu->icon('fa fa-example'); //  use on font-awesome icon
    
    // Register submenu to item
    $menu->sub('sub_item_name',function ($menu){
        $menu->link('the_item_url');
        $menu->title('the submenu title');
        $menu->icon('fa fa-example');
        $menu->className('submenu-class-name');
    });
    
    /**
     * 
     * Register another one ...
     *
     */
    
});

If you want register a submenu in item with checkStatus, you should use subWithCheck method of Menu Object

• the method , accepts 3 arguments
• first one must be a string of your item name
• second one must be function literal to use Menu Object for define all of menu options
• third one must be a function literal of your check state , return of function must be true or false

SideNav::register('item_name',function($menu){

    /**
     * 
     * Items options ...
     *
     */
     
     $menu->subWithCheck('sub_item_name',function($menu){
     
        /**
         * 
         * Item options ...
         *
         */
        
     },functiion(){
     
        // checking area
        // you can define the if statement here to return boolean | true or false
        // :: Example
        
        if($_SESSION['user_id'] == 2){
            return true;
        }
        
        return false;
     
     });
    
});

If you want register a item with checkStatus, you should use registerWithCheck method of SideNav Object

• the method , accepts 3 arguments
• first one must be a string of your item name
• second one must be function literal to use Menu Object for define all of menu options
• third one must be a function literal of your check state , return of function mustb be true or false

SideNav::registerWithCheck('item_name',function($menu){

    $menu->link('the_item_url');
    
    $menu->title('the title');
    
    $menu->className('class-name');
    
    $menu->icon('fa fa-example');  
    
},function(){

    // checking area
    // you can define the if statement here to return boolean | true or false
    // :: Example
    
    if($_SESSION['user_id'] == 2){
        return true;
    }
    return false;
});

• You can make a group menu with SideNav::group method

SideNav::group('user',function(){

    // Registering Items

});

• You can use the render method of SideNav object to return your menu array

SideNav::render();

• if you want to render your group , just call your group name in argument

SideNav::render('name_of_your_group');