Laravel 5 - Load views blade file from storage folder

Question

Is it possible to load views from storage folder instead from resources\views?

Answer 1

Yes, you have a couple of choices.

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1. Add another path to your view config file

Open up config/view.php and add your new path to the paths array:

'paths' => [
    storage_path(),
    realpath(base_path('resources/views')),
],

Laravel will return whichever view that matches first, so be sure to sort the paths accordingly.

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2. Add a view namespace

Open up app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php and add your new view namespace:

public function boot()
{
    $this->loadViewsFrom(storage_path(), 'custom_name');
}

With this you can access the views with a prefix like custom_name:

return view('custom_name::home');