How to run code before all my methods inside controller in Laravel 4?

Question

I have Content controller with REST methods (index..create..store..) and i want to run some code before any of those methods run.

what i am trying to do is to set var for my layout with some data that is relevant to all my methods within Content controller:

$this->layout->myvar = 'some-data';

I tried to do something like that:

class ContentController extends BaseController {
    function __construct() {
        $this->layout->myvar= 'some-data';
    }
..

but it doesn't seems to work. i get "Attempt to assign property of non-object" error.

Answer 1

Laravel 5.1+

This has been deprecated in favour of Middleware.

Laravel 4

You could set the beforeFilter like this:

class ContentController extends BaseController {
    function __construct() {
        // this function will run before every action in the controller
        $this->beforeFilter(function()
        {
            // this will make the variable $myvar available in your view
            $this->layout->with('myvar', 'some-data');
        });
    }
}