Laravel 5 - global Blade view variable available in all templates

Question

How can I in Laravel 5 make global variable which will be available in all Blade templates?

Answer 1

Option 1:

You can use view::share() like so:

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;  use View;  //You can create a BaseController:  class BaseController extends Controller {      public $variable1 = "I am Data";      public function __construct() {         $variable2 = "I am Data 2";          View::share ( 'variable1', $this->variable1 );        View::share ( 'variable2', $variable2 );        View::share ( 'variable3', 'I am Data 3' );        View::share ( 'variable4', ['name'=>'Franky','address'=>'Mars'] );     }    }  class HomeController extends BaseController {      //if you have a constructor in other controllers you need call constructor of parent controller (i.e. BaseController) like so:      public function __construct(){        parent::__construct();     }      public function Index(){       //All variable will be available in views       return view('home');     }  } 

Option 2: Use a composer:

1. Create a composer file at app\Composers\HomeComposer.php

NB: create app\Composers if it does not exists

<?php namespace App\Composers;  class HomeComposer {      public function compose($view)     {         //Add your variables         $view->with('variable1',      'I am Data')              ->with('variable2',      'I am Data 2');     } } 

Then you can attached the composer to any view by doing this

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;  use View;  class HomeController extends Controller{       public function __construct(){          View::composers([             'App\Composers\HomeComposer'  => ['home'] //attaches HomeComposer to home.blade.php         ]);      }      public function Index(){         return view('home');     }  } 

Option 3: Add Composer to a Service Provider, In Laravel 5 I prefer having my composer in App\Providers\ViewServiceProvider

1. Create a composer file at app\Composers\HomeComposer.php

2. Add HomeComposer to App\Providers\ViewServiceProvider

<?php  namespace App\Providers;  use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider; use View; use App\Composers\HomeComposer; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;  class ViewServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {     /**      * Register any application services.  *      * @return void      */     public function register()     {         //     }      /**      * Bootstrap any application services.      *      * @return void      */     public function boot()     {         //add to all views         view()->composer('*', HomeComposer::class);         //add to only home view          //view()->composer('home', HomeComposer::class);     } }