Laravel define default layout from controller in good way

Question

I googled two hours, but not found answer. Maybe you can help.

When I define in MyController:

class MyController extends Base_Cont         


        

Answer 1

To use layouts in controllers, you must specify:

public $layout = 'layouts.default';

You can also not return in the method as it will override the use of $layout. Instead, to embed your content within the layout you use:

$this->layout->nest('content', 'entries.index', array('entries' => $entries));

No need to return anything in your method now. This will fix it.

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Edit:

"Beautiful Ways?"

$this->layout->nest('content', 'entries.index')->with('entries', $entries);


$this->layout->content = View::make('entries.index')->with('entries', $entries);


$this->layout->entries = $entries;
$this->layout->nest('content', 'entries.index');

Answer 2

It should be

public $layout = 'layouts.default';

Here's the link Templating - The Basics

Now you can return your layout like this

$view = View::make('entries.index')->with('entries', $entries);
$this->layout->content = $view->render();

Answer 3

 class BaseController extends Controller {

/**
 * Setup the layout used by the controller.
 *
 * @return void
 */

/*Set a layout properties here, so you can globally
  call it in all of your Controllers*/
protected $layout = 'layouts.default';

protected function setupLayout()
{
    if ( ! is_null($this->layout))
    {
        $this->layout = View::make($this->layout);
    }
}

}

class HomeController extends BaseController {

public function showHome()
{   
    /*now you can control your Layout it here */
     $this->layout->title= "Hi I am a title"; //add a dynamic title 
     $this->layout->content = View::make('home');
}

}

Ref: http://teknosains.com/i/tutorial-dynamic-layout-in-laravel-4