How to generate dynamic XML sitemap in laravel 7 – onlinecode

We would like to share with you how to generate dynamic XML sitemap in laravel 7. we will see scratch step by step generate dynamic XML sitemap in laravel 7.

A sitemap is described to navigate the website. users can easily search to navigate the site by sitemap. it is creating in the XML coding.

A sitemap provides information about our site and google can easily read XML files and crawl our site.

We have given below example of how to generate dynamic XML sitemap using laravel. Add the below code in your controller file and Get the data from the database you want to create sitemap URL and pass it in the view file.

So you can follow the below steps.

Overview

Step 1: Install Laravel 7

Step 2: Create Routes

Step 3: Create a Controller

Step 4: Create a Model

Step 5: Create Blade File

Step 6: Run Our Laravel Application

Step 1: Install Laravel 7

We are going to install laravel 7, so first open the command prompt or terminal and go to go to xampp htdocs folder directory using the command prompt. after then run the below command.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel7_sitemap

<?php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/ 
Route::get('sitemap.xml','SitemapController@index');
Route::get('sitemap.xml/article','SitemapController@articles');
Route::get('sitemap.xml/category','SitemapController@categories');
?>

php artisan make:controller SitemapController

<?php
namespace AppHttpControllers;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
use AppPost;
use AppCategory;
  
class SitemapController extends Controller
{
    public function index() {
      $articles = Post::all()->first();
      $categories = Category::all()->first();
      return response()->view('sitemap.index', [
          'article' => $articles,
          'category' => $categories
      ])->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
    }
    public function articles() {
       $article = Post::latest()->get();
       return response()->view('sitemap.article', [
           'article' => $article,
       ])->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
   }

    public function categories() {
       $category = Category::all();
       return response()->view('sitemap.category', [
           'category' => $category,
       ])->header('Content-Type', 'text/xml');
   }
}
?>

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'; ?>

<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
    <sitemap>
        <loc>http://127.0.0.1:8000/sitemap.xml/article</loc>
    </sitemap>
    <sitemap>
        <loc>http://127.0.0.1:8000/sitemap.xml/category</loc>
    </sitemap>
</sitemapindex>

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'; ?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
    @foreach ($article as $content)
        <url>
            <loc>{{ url('/') }}article/{{ $content->slug }}</loc>
            <lastmod>{{ $content->created_at->tz('UTC')->toAtomString() }}</lastmod>
            <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
            <priority>0.9</priority>
        </url>
    @endforeach
</urlset>

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'; ?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
    @foreach ($category as $category)
        <url>
            <loc>{{ url('/') }}article/category/{{ $category ->slug }}</loc>
            <lastmod>{{ $content->created_at->tz('UTC')->toAtomString() }}</lastmod>
            <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
            <priority>0.9</priority>
        </url>
    @endforeach
</urlset> 

php artisan serve