laravel compact() and ->with()

The View::make function takes 3 arguments which according to the documentation are:

public View make(string $view, array $data = array(), array $mergeData = array())

In your case, the compact('selections') is a 4th argument. It doesn't pass to the view and laravel throws an exception.

On the other hand, you can use with() as many time as you like. Thus, this will work:

return View::make('gameworlds.mygame')

->with(compact('fixtures'))

->with(compact('teams'))

->with(compact('selections'));

I just wanted to hop in here and correct (suggest alternative) to the previous answer....

You can actually use compact in the same way, however a lot neater for example...

return View::make('gameworlds.mygame', compact(array('fixtures', 'teams', 'selections')));

Or if you are using PHP > 5.4

return View::make('gameworlds.mygame', compact(['fixtures', 'teams', 'selections']));

This is far neater, and still allows for readability when reviewing what the application does ;)


I was able to use

return View::make('myviewfolder.myview', compact('view1','view2','view3'));

I don't know if it's because I am using PHP 5.5 it works great :)