how to get active page in laravel code example

Example 1: laravel assign active based on route name

<li class="{{ Request::is('products*') ? 'active' : '' }}">

    <a href="{{ route('products.index') }}"><span>Products</span></a>

</li>

Example 2: laravel assign active based on route name

<li class = "{{ set_active('admin/users') }}">
    <a href="{{ url('/admin/users/') }}">Users</a>
</li>