I have an global __construct() function inside my basecontroller, what looks like this:
public function __construct() {
$alerts = Alert::orderBy('id', 'DESC')->whereNull('deleted_at')->get();
return View::share('alert', $alerts);
}
This works on every page except on 2 pages...
My route looks like this:
Route::resource('/', 'WebsiteController');
Route::get('nieuws/{id}', 'NewsController@show');
Route::resource('login', 'LoginController');
Route::resource('auth', 'LoginController@auth');
Route::resource('logout', 'LoginController@logout');
Route::resource('foto', 'PictureController');
Route::resource('studio', 'PictureController@showStudioPics');
//special routing for the mirrors
Route::get('spiegels', 'PictureController@getPicList');
Route::get('spiegels/{dirName}', 'PictureController@showPicList');
//end of special routing
Route::resource('calendar', 'CalendarController');
Route::get('history', function()
{
return View::make('home.history');
});
Route::get('publicity', function()
{
return View::make('home.publicity');
});
The pages that aren't working are the following:
The error I get is Undefined variable: alert but that's weird, because inside my view I have this:
@foreach($alert as $alert)
<div class="alert alert-{{ $alert->type }}" role="alert" style="margin-bottom:-10px;">{{ $alert->message }}</div>
@endforeach
And on all the other pages it does work.
What do I wrong?
The two views that aren't working are not using any controller and thus are not extending the BaseController. If you create a controller for them which extends the Base one instead of having the function inside the route file then your issue is resolved.
Do this as follows:
1) Create a controller "ContentControler.php" which extends BaseController exactly like your other controllers do already.
Then have two methods:
public function getHistory()
{
return view('home.history');
}
public function getPublicity()
{
return view('home.publicity');
}
and in your routes:
change this:
Route::get('history', function()
{
return View::make('home.history');
});
Route::get('publicity', function()
{
return View::make('home.publicity');
});
to this
Route::get('history', 'App\Http\Controllers\ContentController@getHistory')
Route::get('publicity', 'App\Http\Controllers\ContentController@getPublicity')
*** In Laravel 4 Controllers do not fall under the App\Http\Controllers namespace so in routes you only need to declare the controllerName@methodName without the namespace which is a new feature of Laravel 5.