Laravel template - passing data to layout

Question

How to pass data to layout file? I can only access the passed data on the content page but not on the layout file.

public function get_index($name){
    return View::make('widget.'.$name)
            ->with("title", ucwords($name).' ‹ Document Management System');
}

Answer 1

Use

View::share('data', $data);

on your before filter or in __construct of your Base_Controller.

Answer 2

You need a global view variable. I think you need to look at View::share('title', $title); I also think you can chain it with ->shares('title', $title)