Laravel 4 how to display flash message in view?

Question

I'm trying to get my flash message to display.

This is in my routing file

Route::post('users/groups/save', function(){

return Redirect::to('users/groups')->withInput()->with('success', 'Group Created Successfully.');

});

This is in my view

{{ $success = Session::get('success') }}
@if($success)
    <div class="alert-box success">
        <h2>{{ $success }}</h2>
    </div>
@endif

But nothing is working.

When I try this, I get an error Variable $success is undefined. But it actually shows the flash message too.

{{ Session::get('success') }}
@if($success)
    <div class="alert-box success">
        <h2>{{ $success }}</h2>
    </div>
@endif

Answer 1

this should work at localhost and on host and i tried it.

<?php $success = Session::get('success'); ?>
@if($success)
    <div class="alert-box success">
        <h2>{{ $success }}</h2>
    </div>
@endif

Answer 2

when you set variable or message using ->with() it doesn't set the variable/message in the session flash, rather it creates an variable which is available in your view, so in your case just use $success instead of Session::get('success')

And in case you want to set the message in the session flash the use this Session::flash('key', 'value'); but remember with session flash the data is available only for next request.

Otherwise you can use Session::put('key', 'value'); to store in session

for more info read here

Answer 3

I fixed mine by changing the session driver in config/session.php from array to file !

Answer 4

This works for me

@if(Session::has('success'))
    <div class="alert-box success">
        <h2>{{ Session::get('success') }}</h2>
    </div>
@endif

Answer 5

This link describes how to do this http://vegibit.com/flash-messages-in-laravel/

Just tried with laravel 5 - works to me.

Answer 6

i just realized in using the Redirect::to(), when you use the withInput() method, chaining a with() function to pass variables will not work. the only way is either you flash your inputs separately using Input::flash(), and use the with() to pass your variables or you pass your variable via session using Session::flash('key','val') and retrieve in the view via session::get('key').