How to load view from alternative directory in Laravel 4
Solution 1
Here I am not accessing my project from public
folder. Instead of this I am accessing from project root itself.
I have seen a forum discussion about Using alternative path for views
here. But I am little confused about this.The discussed solution was,
You'd add a location
like,
View::addLocation('/path/to/your/views');
Then add namespace
for theme,
View::addNamespace('theme', '/path/to/themes/views');
Then render it,
return View::make('theme::view.name');
What will be the value for /path/to/
?
Can I use the same project in different operating system without changing the path?
Yes, we can do this using the following,
Put the following in app/start/global.php
View::addLocation(app('path').'/themes/default');
View::addNamespace('theme', app('path').'/themes/default');
Then call view like the default way,
return View::make('page');
This will render page.php
or page.blade.php
file from project_directory/app/themes/defualt
folder.
Solution 2
This is entirely possible with Laravel 4. What you're after is actually the view environment. You can register namespace hints or just extra locations that the finder will cascade too. Take a look here
You'd add a location like so:
View::addLocation('/path/to/your/views');
It might be easier if you namespace them though, just in case you have conflicting file names as your path is appended to the array so it will only cascade so far until it finds an appropriate match. Namespaced views are loaded with the double colon syntax.
View::addNamespace('theme', '/path/to/themes/views');
return View::make('theme::view.name');
You can also give addNamespace an array of view paths instead of a single path.
Solution 3
I've developed a theme package for laravel 5 with features like:
- Views & Asset seperation in theme folders
- Theme inheritence: Extend any theme and create Theme hierarcies
Try it here: igaster/laravel-theme
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Anshad Vattapoyil almost 2 years
In my Laravel 4 application's root directory, I have a folder
themes
. Inside thethemes
folder, I havedefault
andazure
. How can I access view from thisthemes/default
folder in a specific route.Route::get('{slug}', function($slug) { // make view from themes/default here });
My directory structure:
-app
--themes
---default
---azure
I need to load views from
localhost/laravel/app/themes/default
folder. Please explain this.