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title: Introduction
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The `spatie/menu` package provides a fluent interface to build menus of any size in your php application. If you're building your app with Laravel, the `spatie/laravel-menu` provides some extra treats.
## Human Readable, Fluent Interface
All classes provide a human readable, fluent interface (no array configuration). Additionally, you can opt for a more verbose and flexible syntax, or for convenience methods that cover most use cases.
```php
Menu::new()
->add(Link::to('/', 'Home'))
->add(Link::to('/about', 'About'))
->add(Link::to('/contact', 'Contact'))
->render();
// Or just...
Menu::new()
->link('/', 'Home')
->link('/about', 'About')
->link('/contact', 'Contact');
```
```html
```
## Strong Control Over the Html Output
You can programatically add html classes and attributes to any item in the menu, or to the menu itself.
```php
Menu::new()
->addClass('navigation')
->add(Link::to('/', 'Home')->addClass('home-link'))
->add(Link::to('/about', 'About'))
->add(Link::to('/contact', 'Contact')->addParentClass('float-right'))
->wrap('div', ['class' => 'wrapper'])
```
```html
```
## Not Afraid of Depths
The menu supports submenus, which in turn can be nested infinitely.
```php
Menu::new()
->add(Link::to('/', 'Home'))
->submenu('More', Menu::new()
->addClass('submenu')
->link('/about', 'About')
->link('/contact', 'Contact')
);
```
```html
```
## Some Extra Treats for Laravel Apps
The Laravel version of the menu package adds some extras like convenience methods for generating URLs and macros.
```php
Menu::macro('main', function () {
return Menu::new()
->action('HomeController@index', 'Home')
->action('AboutController@index', 'About')
->action('ContactController@index', 'Contact')
->setActiveFromRequest();
});
```
```html
```
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