Level 3
First I would add the view facade before the service provider in ComposerServiceProvider
Jun 13, 2019
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Level 10
How To Test Why My View-Composer isn't working
I believe I have setup my View-Composer correctly as per the instructions on https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/views#view-composers
I created a new ComposerServiceProvider with php artisan make:provider ComposerServiceProvider. In that file I have
<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
class ComposerServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
/**
* Register services.
*
* @return void
*/
public function register()
{
//
}
/**
* Bootstrap services.
*
* @return void
*/
public function boot()
{
View::composer(
'layouts.nav', 'App\Http\View\Composers\CategoryComposer'
);
}
}
Then I registered it in my config/app.php
'providers' => [
/*
* Laravel Framework Service Providers...
*/
App\Providers\ComposerServiceProvider::class,
],
Then in the folder App\Http\View\Composers\ I created a file CategoryComposer.php and in that I have
<?php
namespace App\Http\View\Composers;
use Illuminate\View\View;
use App\Category;
class CategoryComposer
{
/**
* Bind data to the view.
*
* @param View $view
* @return void
*/
public function compose(View $view)
{
$allcategories = Category::all();
$view->with('allcategories', $allcategories);
}
}
Finally in my views/layouts/nav.blade.php file I have
@foreach($allcategories as $category)
<li><a href="/bestof/{{$category->slug}}" class="text-white">{{$category->name}}</a></li>
@endforeach
Yet when I try to look at the page I am getting the error "Undefined variable: allcategories
Am I missing something? How do I even test for what I am missing?
Level 10
I tried switching them with no luck. Here is the latest ComposerServiceProvider
<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
class ComposerServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
/**
* Register services.
*
* @return void
*/
public function register()
{
//
}
/**
* Bootstrap services.
*
* @return void
*/
public function boot()
{
View::composer(
'layouts.nav', 'App\Http\View\Composers\CategoryComposer'
);
}
}
Level 122
dont forget you can dd() at any of these steps to see if all are being called
Level 10
@snapey Good Call! In my CategoryComposer I added
public function compose(View $view)
{
$allcategories = Category::all();
dd($allcategories);
$view->with('allcategories', $allcategories);
}
and nothing so I am guessing it isn't being called. In my ComposerServiceProvider how would I add dd()? I have tried
public function boot()
{
dd('test');
View::composer(
'layouts.nav', 'App\Http\View\Composers\CategoryComposer'
);
}
but nothing happens. So does that mean I am doing something wrong with how I am loading it in my providers list inside app.php? The ComposerServiceProvider.php is inside the folder App\Providers\ComposerServiceProvider::class.
Level 122
is your config cached? run php artisan config:clear
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Level 104
I don't believe it should matter, but your App\Providers\ComposerServiceProvider class appears to be referenced before all of the Laravel Framework service providers; I will typically add mine in the section under the comment:
/*
* Application Service Providers...
*/
Since you are registering the view composer in the boot method, this should not matter AFAIK, but worth a shot...
Level 10
@Snapey That was it! You rock so much. You guys all rock for helping out
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