How to return routes to views in laravel

Question

I just tried loading a view using a route like so:

route.php
Route::get("/page", function(){
   return View::make("dir.page");
});


controller.php
View::make("/page");

...and an error was thrown. So my question is:

Is it possible to load a route via a view and if its possible then how?

Thanks.

Solution 1

In Laravel 5.5 you can now do:

Route::view('/page', 'dir.page');

Solution 2

Your should return your View.

So this will work fine:

Route::get("/page", function(){
   return View::make("dir.page");
});

Comments

[lozadaOmr]

Passing the View as a closure in the routes.php should work, you just need to add return View::make('dir.page'); Doing so, I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve with controller.php, since it won't be called by the route.

[Cozzbie]

Exactly my point. I didn't want to do a Redirect::to() call on the Route but a View::make() on it. Apparently that was me asking too much of Laravel. Thanks.

[Danny]

@Cozzbie Sure it's causing an error. And obviously that error is View not found, cause you trying to pass Route's name to View, when you should pass a view name

[Cozzbie]

View name or View path and if it's View name, how do you declare them? Thanks

[Danny]

@Cozzbie Yeah, sorry for this inaccuracy. I meant View path. Like if you have /views/folder/template.php you would do return View::make('folder/template');

[Danny]

@Cozzbie I recommend you to check Laravel's documentation. link. It can answer almost any question you'll have at beginning.