I have a custom class that I have to use inside my view. But how I do this?
In Laravel 4.2, I simply run composer.phar dump-autoload and add in start/local.php as follow:
ClassLoader::addDirectories(array(
app_path().'/commands',
app_path().'/controllers',
app_path().'/models',
app_path().'/database/seeds',
app_path().'/helpers/MyClass',
));
Finally, inside my view, I just use my class: MyClass::myMethod(). Again, how I do this with Laravel 5?
Thanks
You have two options, make a Service or a Service Provider.
This class could works as a helper having all its methods statics. For example, in app/Services folder you can create a new one:
<?php
namespace Myapp\Services;
class DateHelper{
public static function niceFormat(){
return "This is a nice format";
}
}
Then, add an alias to this class at config/app.php like so:
'DateHelper' => 'Myapp\Services\DateHelper'
Now, In your application you can call the niceFormat() method like \DateFormat::niceFormat();
In the other hand, you can create a Service Provider like the docs state and attach a Facade.
I just found that you can add any class instance to a view by simple injection.
https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/blade#service-injection
Just create a class like:
app/Containers/Helper.php
namespace App\Containers;
class Helper {
function foo() {
return 'bar';
}
}
In blade view file:
@inject('helper', 'App\Containers\Helper')
<div>
What's Foo: {{ $helper->foo() }}
</div>
And, that's it! Isn't that so cool!
