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  Combining multiple source columns
- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/introduction)
- [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/requirements)
- [ Installation & setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/installation-setup)
- [ Translatable slugs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/translatable-slugs)
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Basic usage
-----------

- [ Generating your first slug ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/basic-usage/getting-started)
- [ Using the Sluggable attribute ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/basic-usage/using-the-attribute)
- [ Using the HasSlug trait ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/basic-usage/using-the-has-slug-trait)
- [ Finding models by slug ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/basic-usage/finding-models-by-slug)
- [ Self-healing URLs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/basic-usage/self-healing-urls)

Advanced usage
--------------

- [ Combining multiple source columns ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/advanced-usage/source-fields)
- [ Tuning the uniqueness suffix ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/advanced-usage/uniqueness)
- [ Overriding the underlying actions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/advanced-usage/overriding-actions)

 Combining multiple source columns
=================================

Pass an array to `from` (or `generateSlugsFrom()`) and the columns are concatenated using the slug separator before `Str::slug` runs.

With the attribute:

```
#[Sluggable(from: ['first_name', 'last_name'])]
```

Or via the trait:

```
SlugOptions::create()->generateSlugsFrom(['first_name', 'last_name']);
```

The result joins the columns with the separator before slugifying.

```
$author = Author::create(['first_name' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe']);
$author->slug; // "john-doe"
```

For a slug derived from arbitrary logic (concatenations, related models, conditional values), use the trait and pass a closure to `generateSlugsFrom()`. See [A closure as the source field](/docs/laravel-sluggable/v4/basic-usage/using-the-has-slug-trait#a-closure-as-the-source-field).

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