Switch in Laravel 5 - Blade

Question

How can I use switch in blade templates? When I used:

@switch($login_error)
    @case(1)
        `E-mail` input is empty!
        @break
    @case(2)
        `Pa         


        

Answer 1

You can extend blade like so:

    Blade::directive('switch', function ($expression) {
        return "";
    });
    Blade::directive('case', function ($expression) {
        return "";
    });
    Blade::directive('break', function () {
        return "";
    });
    Blade::directive('default', function () {
        return "";
    });
    Blade::directive('endswitch', function () {
        return "";
    });

You can then use the following:

@switch($test)
@case(1)
        Words
@break
@case(2)
    Other Words
    @break
@default
    Default words
@endswitch

However do note the warnings in : http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.alternative-syntax.php

If there is any whitespace between the switch(): and the first case then the whole code block will fail. That is a PHP limitation rather than a blade limitation. You may be able to bypass it by forcing the normal syntax e.g.:

Blade::directive('switch', function ($expression) {
    return "";
});
Blade::directive('endswitch', function ($) {
    return "";
});

But this feels a bit wrong.