Global variable in laravel 4

Question

I was wondering how to do a global variable to save me few lines of copy and pasting this lines. Array it probably and put them in one variable instead? I want to use this

Answer 1

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There is no reason to have a separate variable for each property of your $provider model. Simply save the entire model to a variable like this.

if (Auth::check())
{
    $provider = Auth::user();
}

This would generally be done in a route like this.

Route::get('/provider/page/example', function()
{
    $provider = Auth::user();

    return View::make('name.of.view', ['provider' => $provider]);
});

After having done that, you can access the different properties in of the $provider in your views like this.

Your email address is: {{$provider->email}} and your first name is {{$provider->first_name}}

Another option is to use a controller and set this variable only once in the controller, making it accessible from all views using View::share().

class ProviderController extends BaseController {

    protected $provider;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->provider = Auth::user();

        View::share('provider', $this->provider);
    }

    public function getIndex()
    {
        return View::make('some.view.name');
    }
}

After having done just this, you can use the $provider variable in your views as shown above using things like $provider->email. You can also use it elsewhere in the controller by using $this->provider.