install sluggable

composer.json

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "license": "MIT",
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.3|^8.0",
+        "cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable": "8.0",
         "fruitcake/laravel-cors": "^2.0",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.0.1",
         "laravel/framework": "^8.75",

config/app.php

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
         Illuminate\Translation\TranslationServiceProvider::class,
         Illuminate\Validation\ValidationServiceProvider::class,
         Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider::class,
+        Cviebrock\EloquentSluggable\ServiceProvider::class,
 
         /*
          * Package Service Providers...

config/sluggable.php

+<?php
+
+return [
+
+    /**
+     * What attributes do we use to build the slug?
+     * This can be a single field, like "name" which will build a slug from:
+     *
+     *     $model->name;
+     *
+     * Or it can be an array of fields, like ["name", "company"], which builds a slug from:
+     *
+     *     $model->name . ' ' . $model->company;
+     *
+     * If you've defined custom getters in your model, you can use those too,
+     * since Eloquent will call them when you request a custom attribute.
+     *
+     * Defaults to null, which uses the toString() method on your model.
+     */
+
+    'source' => null,
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum length of a generated slug.  Defaults to "null", which means
+     * no length restrictions are enforced.  Set it to a positive integer if you
+     * want to make sure your slugs aren't too long.
+     */
+
+    'maxLength' => null,
+
+    /**
+     * If you are setting a maximum length on your slugs, you may not want the
+     * truncated string to split a word in half.  The default setting of "true"
+     * will ensure this, e.g. with a maxLength of 12:
+     *
+     *   "my source string" -> "my-source"
+     *
+     * Setting it to "false" will simply truncate the generated slug at the
+     * desired length, e.g.:
+     *
+     *   "my source string" -> "my-source-st"
+     */
+
+    'maxLengthKeepWords' => true,
+
+    /**
+     * If left to "null", then use the cocur/slugify package to generate the slug
+     * (with the separator defined below).
+     *
+     * Set this to a closure that accepts two parameters (string and separator)
+     * to define a custom slugger.  e.g.:
+     *
+     *    'method' => function( $string, $sep ) {
+     *       return preg_replace('/[^a-z]+/i', $sep, $string);
+     *    },
+     *
+     * Otherwise, this will be treated as a callable to be used.  e.g.:
+     *
+     *    'method' => array('Str','slug'),
+     */
+
+    'method' => null,
+
+    /**
+     * Separator to use when generating slugs.  Defaults to a hyphen.
+     */
+
+    'separator' => '-',
+
+    /**
+     * Enforce uniqueness of slugs?  Defaults to true.
+     * If a generated slug already exists, an incremental numeric
+     * value will be appended to the end until a unique slug is found.  e.g.:
+     *
+     *     my-slug
+     *     my-slug-1
+     *     my-slug-2
+     */
+
+    'unique' => true,
+
+    /**
+     * If you are enforcing unique slugs, the default is to add an
+     * incremental value to the end of the base slug.  Alternatively, you
+     * can change this value to a closure that accepts three parameters:
+     * the base slug, the separator, and a Collection of the other
+     * "similar" slugs.  The closure should return the new unique
+     * suffix to append to the slug.
+     */
+    
+    'uniqueSuffix' => null,
+
+    /**
+     * What is the first suffix to add to a slug to make it unique?
+     * For the default method of adding incremental integers, we start
+     * counting at 2, so the list of slugs would be, e.g.:
+     *
+     *   - my-post
+     *   - my-post-2
+     *   - my-post-3
+     */
+    'firstUniqueSuffix' => 2,
+
+    /**
+     * Should we include the trashed items when generating a unique slug?
+     * This only applies if the softDelete property is set for the Eloquent model.
+     * If set to "false", then a new slug could duplicate one that exists on a trashed model.
+     * If set to "true", then uniqueness is enforced across trashed and existing models.
+     */
+
+    'includeTrashed' => false,
+
+    /**
+     * An array of slug names that can never be used for this model,
+     * e.g. to prevent collisions with existing routes or controller methods, etc..
+     * Defaults to null (i.e. no reserved names).
+     * Can be a static array, e.g.:
+     *
+     *    'reserved' => array('add', 'delete'),
+     *
+     * or a closure that returns an array of reserved names.
+     * If using a closure, it will accept one parameter: the model itself, and should
+     * return an array of reserved names, or null. e.g.
+     *
+     *    'reserved' => function( Model $model) {
+     *      return $model->some_method_that_returns_an_array();
+     *    }
+     *
+     * In the case of a slug that gets generated with one of these reserved names,
+     * we will do:
+     *
+     *    $slug .= $separator + "1"
+     *
+     * and continue from there.
+     */
+
+    'reserved' => null,
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to update the slug value when a model is being
+     * re-saved (i.e. already exists).  Defaults to false, which
+     * means slugs are not updated.
+     *
+     * Be careful! If you are using slugs to generate URLs, then
+     * updating your slug automatically might change your URLs which
+     * is probably not a good idea from an SEO point of view.
+     * Only set this to true if you understand the possible consequences.
+     */
+    
+    'onUpdate' => false,
+
+    /**
+     * If the default slug engine of cocur/slugify is used, this array of
+     * configuration options will be used when instantiating the engine.
+     */
+    'slugEngineOptions' => [],
+
+];