Laravel 5&5.1 set active class for nav

Laravel 5&5.1 set active class for nav.md

helper.php

function set_active($path, $active = 'active') {
    return call_user_func_array('Request::is', (array)$path) ? $active : '';
}

master.blade.php

<li class="{{ set_active(['backend/users*', 'backend/profile*']) }}">
    {!! link_to_route('backend.users.index', 'Manage Users', [],['class' => 'waves-effect waves-blue']) !!}
</li>

Ref: http://stackoverflow.com/a/29838296/2126472