Here are two ways to check the route name in Laravel.
// #1<a href="{{ route('home') }}" @class="['navbar-link', 'active' => Route::current()->getName() === 'home']"> Home</a>// #2<a href="{{ route('home') }}" @class="['navbar-link', 'active' => request()->routeIs('home)]"> Home</a>
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