How can I get the current view name inside a master layour in Laravel 4?

Question

in Laravel 4 I have a master blade layout and I want to add a class to the html element like \'tpl-home\', but I need to know which is the current view name called with View

Answer 1

Inside your filters file place:

View::composer('*', function($view){

    View::share('view_name', $view->getName());

});

Then in your master blade layout you can access it as $view_name.

Answer 2

View Composers are a great way to keep/share variables in views, but the names of the views set in routes file are more a fixed value in each view than a variable, that's why, in this case,

I'd rather use Request::path() == 'viewName' in Blade like this:

<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
  <li{{ Request::path() == 'admin' ? ' class="active"' : '' }}>
    <a href="{{ URL::to('/admin') }}">Admin</a>
  </li>
  <li{{ Request::path() == 'bookings' ? ' class="active"' : '' }}>
    <a href="{{ URL::to('/bookings') }}">Bookings</a>
  </li>
  ...