Best Practices for Custom Helpers in Laravel 5

Question

I would like to create helper functions to avoid repeating code between views in Laravel 5:

view.blade.php

Foo Formated text: {{ fo         


        

Answer 1

Custom Blade Directives in Laravel 5

Yes, there is another way to do this!

Step 1: Register a custom Blade directive:

Custom Link';
         });
     }
    ...

Step 2: Use your custom Blade directive:

@shout('this is my custom blade directive!!')


@customLink

Outputs:

THIS IS MY CUSTOM BLADE DIRECTIVE!!
Custom Link

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Source: https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/blade#extending-blade

Additional Reading: https://mattstauffer.co/blog/custom-conditionals-with-laravels-blade-directives

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If you want to learn how to best make custom classes that you can use anywhere, see Custom Classes in Laravel 5, the Easy Way