In this episode, we take a closer look at how to automatically generate a product slug from the product title using Livewire. This is one of those nice user experience touches that saves time and prevents mistakes.
We start by explaining how Livewire makes it easy to listen for changes to form fields. When the user enters a title for the product and then clicks away (or otherwise leaves the input field), we want the slug to update automatically to a URL-friendly version. To do this, we set up a specific Livewire hook: updatedStateTitle. This method fires whenever the title field within our state array changes.
Inside the hook, we use Laravel's handy string helper to convert the title into a slug format and update our state accordingly. It's just a few lines of code, but it works like magic—type in your product name, tab out, and poof, the slug appears ready to go!
So by the end of the episode, you'll see how quick this is to set up, and you'll have a smoother, smarter form on your hands.