Laravel define default layout from controller in good way

Question

I googled two hours, but not found answer. Maybe you can help.

When I define in MyController:

class MyController extends Base_Cont         


        

Answer 1

To use layouts in controllers, you must specify:

public $layout = 'layouts.default';

You can also not return in the method as it will override the use of $layout. Instead, to embed your content within the layout you use:

$this->layout->nest('content', 'entries.index', array('entries' => $entries));

No need to return anything in your method now. This will fix it.

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Edit:

"Beautiful Ways?"

$this->layout->nest('content', 'entries.index')->with('entries', $entries);


$this->layout->content = View::make('entries.index')->with('entries', $entries);


$this->layout->entries = $entries;
$this->layout->nest('content', 'entries.index');