How to include a sub-view in Blade templates?
I am trying to set up a site using laravel, but I'm really having trouble with basic things that the documentation just doesn't cover.
In this case, I see that it says I can include one view inside another by using @include('view.name'). What is view.name? Where is it saved? I tried creating a file app/views/view.name.blade.php, but it wasn't read. How does the file name map to the blade name?
Answer
You can use the blade template engine:
@include('view.name')
'view.name' would live in your main views folder:
// for laravel 4.X
app/views/view/name.blade.php
// for laravel 5.X
resources/views/view/name.blade.php
Another example
@include('hello.world');
would display the following view
// for laravel 4.X
app/views/hello/world.blade.php
// for laravel 5.X
resources/views/hello/world.blade.php
Another example
@include('some.directory.structure.foo');
would display the following view
// for Laravel 4.X
app/views/some/directory/structure/foo.blade.php
// for Laravel 5.X
resources/views/some/directory/structure/foo.blade.php
So basically the dot notation defines the directory hierarchy that your view is in, followed by the view name, relative to app/views folder for laravel 4.x or your resources/views folder in laravel 5.x
ADDITIONAL
If you want to pass parameters: @include('view.name', array('paramName' => 'value'))
You can then use the value in your views like so <p>{{$paramName}}</p>