Laravel blade showing curly brackets and controls

Question

My output is showing curly brackets and the Laravel controls as in the example below and the values are not being printed.

...
{{ $tb['ics'] }}
@if ($tb['scope'])
...
@endif @if(count($tb['icstostd']) > 0 )
@foreach ($tb['icstostd'] as $li) @endforeach
WIN Reference   Title       Status
{{ $li['win'] }}    {{ $li['ref'] }}    {{ $li['ref'] }}    {{ $li['title'] }}  {{ $li['title2'] }} {{ $li['status'] }}
@endif

I've used this code in other parts of the application and it worked fine but now the variables will only print if I use "<?= $variable ?>".

Here is the controller code.

return View::make('books.ics')->with('title',"Body Viewer")
                                ->with('messages',$messages)
                                ->with('searchResults',null)
                                ->with('tb',$tb_array)
                                ->with('tb_name',null);

Here is ics.blade.php

@extends('layout')
@section('header')
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/books/wi.css" /> 
@stop

@section('content')

@if (is_array($tb))
    @include('books.partials.icsDisplay',array('tb'=>$tb))
@endif

@stop

Here is the sample code for icsDisplay.php

<div id="icsDisplay" class="displayBox">

    <div>
        <div class="displayItem long">
            <span class="label"> Title:</span>
            <span class="value"> <?= $tb['title']?> </span>
        </div>
        <div class="displayItem long">
            <span class="label">ICS Code:</span>
            <span class="value">{{ $tb['ics'] }}</span>
        </div>      
        @if ($tb['scope'])
        <div class="displayItem long">
            <span class="label">Scope:</span>
            <span class="value"><?= $tb['scope'] ?></span>
        </div>      
        @endif

        @if(count($tb['icstostd']) > 0 )
        <div class="eventBox longBox">
            <h2>Books</h2>
            <table>
            <tr>
            <th>WIN</th>
            <th>Reference</th>
            <th>Title</th>
            <th></th>
            <th>Status</th>
            </tr>
            <?php $evens = null ?>
            @foreach ($tb['icstostd'] as $li)
            <tr{{ $evens }}>
                <td>{{ $li['win'] }} </td>
                <td class="actionCol"><a href='/omailly/books/{{ $li['win'] }}'>{{ $li['ref'] }}</a></td>
                <td>{{ $li['ref'] }} </td>
                <td>{{ $li['title'] }} </td>
                <td>{{ $li['title2'] }} </td>
                <td>{{ $li['status'] }} </td>
            </tr>
            <?php if ($evens) {$evens = null;} else {$evens = " class='even'";} ?>
            @endforeach
            </table>
        </div>
        @endif

    </div>

</div>

Can anyone help me to figure out why this is happening?

Answer 1

Always add .blade.php to the files you are using the Blade engine with.

Try to rename your icsDisplay.php into icsDisplay.blade.php.