What are views in laravel :
View separates controllers application logic from presentation logic.Views are stored in resource/views directory.
Create a view name 'greeting.php' and you can create responsive view that is shown in browser whenever request is made.
Example : Render a view 'greeting.php' when a request '/greeting' is made in the browser .
Step 1:Define a route in Routes.php
" Route::get('/greeting','GreetingController@index'); "
When route request 'greeting' is made GreetingController class index() method is called,in that index() we will reference view using view() method.
Step 2:Create GreetingController using artisana console -
" php artisan make:controller GreetingController "Step 3 :Add index() method-
public function index()
{
}Step 4: Create view and add html tags -
Create 'greeting.php' file in resource/views directory.add following content-
<html>Step 5:Reference view using view() method in index() method of GreetingController -
<body>
<h1>Welcome</h1>
</body>
</html>
public function index()
{
return view('greeting');
}view() method accepts two parameters -
1.name of view file which is 'greeting'.
2.array of data that should be made available to the view
Step 6:Passing data to view
As we said second argument of view() helper method accepts array of data that we want to pass to view.
Eg: Pass name to view greeting.php
public function index()
{
$name='EasyLaravel';
return view('greeting',['name'=>$name]);
}Now in view greeting.php file echo $name as follow-
<html>
<body>
<h1>Welcome <?php echo $name?> </h1>
</body>
</html>
You will get out.
Try it and if any doubts comment below.
Summary:
In View we write Presentation logic.
We reference view file using view() helper functio.
