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My Laravel layout is currently as follows (removed navbar etc..): <link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootswatch/3.3.4/flatly/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="{{ asset('/css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet"> <!-- Fonts --> <link href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <!-- Scripts --> <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries --> <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// --> <!

I have this code: <select required="required" class="form-control" name="title"> <option></option> @foreach ($titles as $key => $val) @if (stristr($key, 'isGroup')) <optgroup label="{{ $val }}"> @else <option value="{{ $key }}">{{ $val }}</option> @endif @endforeach </select> So when the form have errors i use the line Redirect::route('xpto')->withInput()->withErrors($v) . But i can't re-populate the select fields. Any way to do this without using JavaScript for example? Also, you can use the ? operator to avoid having to use @if @else @endif syntax. Change: @if (Input::old('title') == $key)

I have an exception in one of my views. However, instead of telling me the name of the view so I can find it and fix it, laravel says it is in app/storage/views/110a3ecc0aa5ab7e6f7f50ef35a67a8b , which is meaningless. How do I disable this view caching, so that laravel uses and refers to the actual files? Out of the box? You can't. But you can extend the BladeCompiler class, overriding the method resposible for checking if the view has been expired: class MyBladeCompiler extends BladeCompiler { public function isExpired($path) { if ( ! \Config::get('view.cache')) { return true; } return parent

If I wanted to make a currentUser() function for some oauth stuff I am doing where I can use it in a view or in a controller (think rails, where you do helper_method: current_user in the application controller). Everything I read states to create a helpers folder and add the function there and then that way you can do Helpers::functionName Is this the right way to do this? Whats the "laravel way" of creating helper functions that can be used in blade templates and controllers? Create a new file in your app/Helpers directory name it AnythingHelper.php An example of my helper is : <?php function

Is there a truncate modifier for the blade templates in Laravel, pretty much like Smarty? I know I could just write out the actual php in the template but i'm looking for something a little nicer to write (let's not get into the whole PHP is a templating engine debate). So for example i'm looking for something like: {{ $myVariable|truncate:"10":"..." }} I know I could use something like Twig via composer but I'm hoping for built in functionality in Laravel itself. If not is it possible to create your own reusable modifiers like Smarty provides. I like the fact that Blade doesn’t overkill with