I'm using view composers in Laravel 5.1: nice. But how can I pass parameters to a view composer?
In my case I send week info (previous, current, next week, including the dates) to my view with de view composer. The current week is variable, not only from an url, but also from the controller.
public function compose(View $view)
{
// I need a parameter here (integers)
}
If you have to pass parameters from a controller to a view composer, you can create a wrapper class for the composer and pass data to it whenever needed. Then, when you're done setting up you data, you can compose the view:
ComposerWrapper class
public function __construct(array $data)
{
$this->data = $data;
}
public function compose()
{
$data = $this->data;
View::composer('partial_name', function( $view ) use ($data)
{
//here you can use your $data to compose the view
} );
}
Controller
public function index()
{
//get the data you need
$data = ['first_value' = 1];
//pass the data to your wapper class
$composerWrapper = new ComposerWrapper( $data );
//this will compose the view
$composerWrapper->compose();
//other code...
}