Why won't Laravel pass my variable to blade template?

Question

I'm using Laravel 5.2. In routes.php, I have:

Route::get('test', function() {
    $events = App\Event::get();
    return view('test', $events);
});

In test.blade.php, I have:

<?php print_r($events) ?>

And I get:

ErrorException in ....php line 11: Undefined variable: events (View: .../test.blade.php)

My get() statement is working properly (print_r($events) works in routes.php). Why isn't it getting passed to the blade template?

Thomas Kim · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-18 17:04:50Z

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You are not passing the data correctly. Try this instead:

return view('test', ['events' => $events]);

You have other options too. For example:

return view('test', compact('events'));

return view('test')->with(['events' => $events]);

answered Apr 15, 2016 at 21:50

Thomas Kim

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Just becareful linking people to 'master' docs as that is the unreleased next version of laravel.

Thanks, that works! Kinda wonky that you have to pass it that way, no?

Bojan Kogoj · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-15 21:51:26Z

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return view('test', ['events' => $events]);

you can also display value like this in blade (for testing)

{{ dd($events) }}

answered Apr 15, 2016 at 21:51

Bojan Kogoj

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