Global variable in laravel controller

Question

I want the $year variable to be available in all functions of my PagesController. I tried this code but I didn\'t succeed.

Answer 1

You can create a global singleton within App::before event

App::before(function($request) {
    App::singleton('customYear', function(){
        $dt = Carbon::parse();
        $customYear = $dt->year;
        return $customYear;
    });

    // If you use this line of code then it'll be available in any view
    View::share('customYear', app('customYear'));

    //To get the same data in any controller you may use:
    $customYear = app('customYear');
});