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

It appears as though I can pass variables to the entire layout using attributes on the layout object, for example to solve my problem I was able to do the following:

$this->layout->title = 'Home page';