@php
    function makeMenu($navarray){
    $list = '';
    $list .= "<li class='dropdown menu-item'>
    <a href=".url("experiences",[str_slug($navarray->category) .'__' . $navarray->category_id])."  title=".ucwords($navarray->category).">
    ".ucwords($navarray->category)."</a>";
    $list .= "</li>";
    return $list;
    }
@endphp

<div class="side-menu animate-dropdown outer-bottom-xs">
    <div class="head"><i class="icon fa fa-align-justify fa-fw"></i> Categories</div>
    <nav class="yamm megamenu-horizontal">
        <ul class="nav">
            @if($response)
                @if($response->status == 1)
                    @foreach($response->data as $category)
                    @php echo makeMenu($category) @endphp
                    @endforeach
                @endif
            @else
                <li class="dropdown menu-item">
                    <a title="" href="#">Failed to load categories</a>
                </li>
            @endif
        </ul>
        <!-- /.nav -->
    </nav>
    <!-- /.megamenu-horizontal -->
</div>