global variable for all controller and views

Question

In Laravel I have a table settings and i have fetched complete data from the table in the BaseController, as following

public function __construct() 
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Answer 1

In Laravel 5.1 I needed a global variable populated with model data accessible in all views.

I followed a similar approach to ollieread's answer and was able to use my variable ($notifications) in any view.

My controller location: /app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php

get_notifications();
        View::share('notifications', $notifications);
    }
}

My model location: /app/Models/Main.php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use DB;

class Main extends Model
{
    public function get_notifications() {...