Laravel get the data and display it in the blade html failed-CodePudding

I am trying to get data from the database and simply display it in the view

public function index()
{
    $messages = ProjectInterestedMessages::get();

    return view('dashboard/projects-interests', compact($messages));
}

The view

@foreach ($messages as $message)
    <h1>{{ $message->first_name }}</h1>
@endforeach

But I am getting this error

compact(): Argument #1 must be string or array of strings, Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection given

CodePudding user response：

The PHP method compact() is a little tricky with its syntax. I make this same mistake all the time.

Change:

return view('dashboard/projects-interests', compact($messages));

to:

return view('dashboard/projects-interests', compact('messages'));

compact() looks for a string representation of the variable.

CodePudding user response：

There are multiple ways you could write this.

using compact where you pass strings representing the variable

public function index()
{
    $messages = ProjectInterestedMessages::get();

    return view('dashboard/projects-interests', compact('messages'));
}

using ->with

public function index()
{
    $messages = ProjectInterestedMessages::get();

    return view('dashboard/projects-interests')->with(['messages' => $messages]);
}

With using laravel magic

public function index()
{
    $messages = ProjectInterestedMessages::get();

    return view('dashboard/projects-interests')->withMessages($messages);
}

Personally, I prefer this form as it avoids pointless variables

public function index()
{
    return view('dashboard/projects-interests')
        ->withMessages(ProjectInterestedMessages::get());
}

CodePudding user response：

You don't need $

return view('dashboard/projects-interests', compact('messages'));