Laravel - Difference between @yield and @section?

Question

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

    
        @section(\'sidebar\')
            Thi         


        

Answer 1

Short Answer: Always use @yield unless you want to do something more complicated then providing a default string.

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Long Answer: Both @yield and @section .. @show are used to be optionally overwritten whenever you extend the blade template. Everything you can do with @yield can also be done with @section .. @show but not the other way around. Here is what they do:

@yield('main')

• Can be replaced by @section('main') .. @endsection
• Can be provided with a default string but no HTML! The default string will be shown in the sub-blade-template when no @section('main') .. @endsection is provided.

@section('main') .. @show

• Can be replaced by @section('main') .. @endsection
• Can be provided with a default HTML code. The default HTML code will be shown in the sub-blade-template when no @section('main') is provided.
• Can be replaced by @section('main')@parent .. @endsection and additionally shows the default HTML code.

Here some examples:test.blade.php

  
    
    
  
  
    
This is a test

    @yield('mainA')
    @yield('mainB', 'This is the alternative 1')
    @yield('mainC', '
This is the alternative 2
')
    @yield('mainD', 'This is the alternative 3')

    @section('testA')
    @show

    @section('testB')
      This is the alternative 4
    @show

    @section('testC')
      
This is the alternative 5
    @show

    @section('testD')
      
This is the alternative 6
    @show


  

here is another file called testA.blade.php which extends the other bladed file:

@extends('test')

@section('mainD')
  

    
First replacement!
    

  
@endsection

@section('testC')
  

    
Second replacement!
    

  
@endsection

@section('testD')
  @parent
  

    
Additional content
    

  
@endsection

And that is the outcome: