Laravel: How to redirect a request to controller function and use View::make at the same time?

Question

**Route**
Route::get('admin', function()
{
     return View::make('theme-admin.main');
});

**Controller**
class Admin_Controller extends Base_Controller {

public function action_index()
{
    echo __FUNCTION__;
}

If I forward request to controller, then I have to define View::make in every function in controller. If I don't forward it, action function doesn't work.

Should I just forward requests to controller and use View::make inside action functions or there are better alternatives?

Answer 1

Actually isn't necessary to define View::make in every function of your controllers.

You can, for example, execute an action and then redirect to another action, that could View::make.

Let's say you want to create an user and then show its profile, in a RESTful way. You could do:

# POST /users
public function user_create()
{
    $user = User::create(...);

    // after you have created the user, redirect to its profile
    return Redirect::to_action('users@show', array($user->id));

    // you don't render a view here!
}


# GET /users/1
public function get_show($id)
{
    return View::make('user.show');
}