Add a navigation helper to sort the items

Composers/SidebarViewComposer.php

-<?php namespace Modules\Core\Composers;
-
-class SidebarViewComposer
-{
-    public function compose($view)
-    {
-        $view->items->sort(function($item1, $item2) {
-            if (is_object($item1)) {
-                if ($item1->first()['weight'] > $item2['weight']) {
-                    return 1;
-                }
-                if ($item1->first()['weight'] < $item2['weight']) {
-                    return -1;
-                }
-                return 0;
-            }
-            if (is_object($item2)) {
-                if ($item1['weight'] > $item2->first()['weight']) {
-                    return 1;
-                }
-                if ($item1['weight'] < $item2->first()['weight']) {
-                    return -1;
-                }
-                return 0;
-            }
-            if ($item1['weight'] > $item2['weight']) {
-                return 1;
-            }
-            if ($item1['weight'] < $item2['weight']) {
-                return -1;
-            }
-            return 0;
-        });
-    }
-}
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Navigation/NavigationOrdener.php

+<?php namespace Modules\Core\Navigation;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+class NavigationOrdener
+{
+    public static function order(Collection $items)
+    {
+        return $items->sort(
+            function ($item1, $item2) {
+                $item1 = self::getItem($item1);
+                $item2 = self::getItem($item2);
+
+                if ($item1['weight'] > $item2['weight']) {
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                if ($item1['weight'] < $item2['weight']) {
+                    return -1;
+                }
+                return 0;
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $item
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public static function getItem($item)
+    {
+        return isset($item['weight']) ? $item : $item->first();
+    }
+}
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Resources/views/partials/sidebar-nav.blade.php

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
         <!-- sidebar menu: : style can be found in sidebar.less -->
         <ul class="sidebar-menu">
+            <?php $items = \Modules\Core\Navigation\NavigationOrdener::order($items); ?>
             <?php foreach($items as $i => $item): ?>
                 <?php if (is_object($item)): ?>
                     <li class="treeview {{ $item[0]['request'] ? 'active' : ''}}">

composers.php

 <?php
 
 View::creator('core::partials.sidebar-nav', 'Modules\Core\Composers\SidebarViewCreator');
-View::composer('core::partials.sidebar-nav', 'Modules\Core\Composers\SidebarViewComposer');