How do I pass a variable to the layout using Laravel' Blade templating?

Question

In Laravel 4, my controller uses a Blade layout:

class PagesController extends BaseController {
    protected $layout = \         


        

Answer 1

I was able to solve that problem by adding this to my controller method:

    $title = 'My Title Here';
    View::share('title', $title);

$this->layout->title = 'Home page'; did not work either.