Laravel5 how to pass array to view

Question

I am confuse as how to pass variable from controller to view. I know there is a lot about this already on stockoverflow but unable to find one that works, please point me in the right direction. Thank you.

CONTROLLER

 class StoreController extends Controller

 {
    public function index()
    {
        $store = Store::all(); // got this from database model
        return view('store', $store); 
    }
 {

VIEW

// try a couple of differnt things nothing works 

print_r($store); 
print_r($store[0]->id);
print_r($id); 

Answer 1

public function index()
{
  $store = Store::all(); // got this from database model

  return view('store')->with('store', $store); 
}

You've three options in general.

1. return view('store')->with('store', $store);

2. return view('store')->withStore($store);

3. return view('store')->with(compact('store'));

1.Creates a variable named store which will be available in your view and stores the value in the variable $store in it.

2.Shorthand for the above one.

3.Also a short hand and it creates the same variable name as of the value passing one.

Now in your view you can access this variable using

{{ $store->name }}

it will be same for all 3 methods.

Answer 2

Try this

public function index()
{
    return view('store', ['store' => Store::all()]); 
}

Then you can access $store in your review.

Update: If you have your variable defined already in your code and want to use the same name in your view you can also use compact method.

Example:

public function index()
{
    $store = Store::all();

    return view('store', compact('store')); 
}