Can't pass data from controller to blade template laravel

Question

In my page controller I have

$this->layout->content = View::make('authentication/login')->with('page_title','title');

I am using a blade file for my template. In the head of the html, I have

<title>{{$page_title}}</title>

I get an error that $page_title is undefined.

What I want ideally is a $data=array('page_title'=>'Login','second_item'=>'value').... But as I cannot get the basic passing of a variable to a view working, I am sticking with that first of all.

Solution 1

There are many ways to achieve this, as @Gravy pointed out, but judging by the way she is trying to write the code, the solution would be:

$data = array();
$this->layout->with('data', $data);
$this->layout->content = View::make('home');

See more here: http://forums.laravel.io/viewtopic.php?pid=58548#p58548

Solution 2

$data = 
[
    'page_title' => 'Login',
    'second_item' => 'value'
    ...
];

return View::make('authentication/login', $data);

// or

return View::make('authentication/login', compact('data'));

// or

return View::make('authentication/login')->with($data);

// or

return View::make('authentication/login')->with(['page_title' => 'Login', 'second_item' => 'value']);

// or

return View::make('authentication/login')->with(array('page_title' => 'Login', 'second_item' => 'value'));

Solution 3

$data = array('page_title'=>'Login','second_item'=>'value');
return View::make('authentication/login', $data);

Comments

[Claire]

I get the $content variable echoing fine. It's the $page_title that doesn't echo. Also, why dot notation and not '/' between folders?