README.md

Laravel-Bootstrap-Modal-Form

A form validation extension for your Laravel app. Use when embedding a Bootstrap form into a Bootstrap/jQuery modal. This script keeps modal open, submits form via AJAX, queries your Laravel validation rules, and populates error messages.

Requirements

• Bootstrap CSS
• Bootstrap JS
• jQuery

Quick Installation

Via Bower:

bower install jerseymilker/laravel-bootstrap-modal-form --save

Basic Usage

• Embed Bootstrap form into Bootstrap/jQuery modal.
• Setup Laravel validation.
• Include this script.
• Add class="bootstrap-modal-form" to form.
• Add class="bootstrap-modal-form-open" to modal open button.

Additional Notes

• Script does not handle CSRF tokens. Use Laravel's _token field in your forms if needed.
• Script submits via POST form action. Use Laravel's method spoofing if you need to submit via PUT, PATCH, or DELETE.
• If script detects file input, FormData object will be used (requires IE10+, more info on browser compatibility here).

Shameless Plug

I highly recommend BootForms form builder package by Adam Wathan. This is a great helper which makes generating Bootstrap form markup super easy. It even auto-detects Laravel's validation state and outputs error messages for most field types.

Example:

{!! BootForm::text('First Name', 'first_name') !!}

Generates:

<div class="form-group {!! $errors->has('first_name') ? 'has-error' : '' !!}">
  <label for="first_name">First Name</label>
  <input type="text" class="form-control" id="first_name">
  {!! $errors->first('first_name', '<p class="help-block">:message</p>') !!}
</div>