What is CKEditor?

CKEditor is a popular open-source WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) text editor designed for web content creation. It provides a user-friendly interface for editing HTML content, allowing users to format text, insert images, create links, and perform other text-editing tasks without needing to know HTML or CSS.

Why to use CKEditor?

CKEditor is commonly used in web applications, content management systems (CMS), and other platforms where rich text editing is required. It offers a range of features, including:

• Basic Text Formatting: Users can apply formatting such as bold, italic, underline, font size, color, and more.
• Image Insertion: Allows users to easily insert and manage images within the editor.
• Hyperlinking: Provides tools for creating and managing hyperlinks to other web pages or resources.
• Lists and Indentation: Enables the creation of bulleted or numbered lists and indentation of text.
• Tables: Supports the creation and editing of tables within the editor.
• Plugins and Customization: CKEditor is highly extensible. Developers can add custom features through plugins or customize its behavior to suit specific requirements.
• Accessibility: It is designed with accessibility in mind, making it usable for individuals with disabilities.
• Cross-Browser Compatibility: Works across various web browsers.
• Multi-Language Support: CKEditor is available in multiple languages, allowing for internationalization.
• Mobile-Friendly: It provides a responsive design that works well on mobile devices.

What are the steps to add CKEditor?

Step 1 – Install CKEditor You can download CKEditor from their official website and include it in your project. Alternatively, you can use a package manager like npm or yarn to install CKEditor. For example, using npm:

npm install ckeditor

Step 2 – Integrate CKEditor in your Blade view Include the CKEditor script in your HTML Blade view file where you want to use it.

<script src="/path_to_ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script>

Initialize CKEditor on your textarea element by adding the following JavaScript:

<script>
    $(document).ready(function() {
        CKEDITOR.replace('your_textarea_id');
    });
</script>

Step 3 – Set Up an AJAX Request In your Laravel application, set up an AJAX request to handle the form submission.

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#your_form_id').submit(function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        var formData = new FormData(this);

        $.ajax({
            url: 'your_route_url',
            type: 'POST',
            data: formData,
            dataType: 'json',
            processData: false,
            contentType: false,
            success: function(response) {
                // Handle the response from the server
            },
            error: function(error) {
                // Handle errors
            }
        });
    });
});

Step 4 – Handle the AJAX Request in Laravel Create a route and a corresponding controller method to handle the AJAX request. Inside the controller method, you can retrieve the data from the request and save it to the database.

// routes/web.php
Route::post('/save-data', 'YourController@saveData');

// YourController.php

 public function saveData(Request $request)
 {
 $data = $request->all();
 // Process and save the data 
// ... 
return response()->json(['success' => true]); 
}

Step 5 – Update Your Blade View Ensure that your form tag has the correct ID and that the textarea has the correct name attribute.

<form id="your_form_id" action="/save-data" method="POST">
    @csrf
    <textarea name="editor_content" id="your_textarea_id"></textarea>
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

Step 6 – Testing Now, when you submit the form, CKEditor should send the content through the AJAX request to your Laravel controller for processing.