Laravel - Difference between @yield and @section?

Question

From the Laravel docs, you can include \'sections\' inside layouts using two methods:

    
        @section(\'sidebar\')
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Answer 1

This line clears out the confusion: "Note that views which extend a Blade layout simply override sections from the layout. Content of the layout can be included in a child view using the @parent directive in a section".

So, if you already have a @section defined in the master layout, it will be overriden unless you specify @parent inside the child layout's @section.

But for @yield, it always gets the section from the child layout. That means it always overrides the @yield part, even if it has a default defined as @yield('section', 'Default Content') .

I hope that clears your confusion. Let me know if you have more questions. Thanks