This helper lets you easily add classes to active navigation elements using {{ chkNav('posts', 'active') }}
/**
* Checks if a given route is active, if so return a class.
*
* @var string $route
* @var string class
* @return class
*/
function chkNav($route = "", $class = "active") {
if(\Request::is($page.'/*')) {
return $class;
}
return "";
}