Passing variable from controller to view - Laravel

Question

I'm trying to pass a variable from one view to a controller to another view. I'm not getting any errors, but when it gets to the last view, it doesn't show the variable like it's supposed to. In the first view, I'm just getting a name.

{{ Form::open(array('route' => 'form', 'method'=>'post')) }}
    {{ $name = Form::text('name') }}
    {{ Form::submit('Go!') }}
{{ Form::close() }}

Here is my HomeController.php.

public function view1()
{
    return View::make('stuff');
}

public function postView1($name)
{
    return Redirect::route('view2')->with($name);
}

public function view2($name)
{
    return View::make('view2')->with($name);
}

routes.php

Route::get('/', array('as' => 'stuff', 'uses' => 'HomeController@stuff'));
Route::post('form/{name}', array('as' => 'form', 'uses'=>'HomeController@postView1'));
Route::get('view2/{name}', array('as' => 'view2', 'uses' => 'HomeController@view2'));

view2.blade.php

{{ $name = Input::get('name') }}
<p> Hello, {{ $name }} </p>

So why isn't it showing up?

Answer 1

First you should change your postView function into:

public function postView1()
{
    return Redirect::route('view2', ['name' => Input::get('name')]);
}

And your route:

Route::post('form/{name}', array('as' => 'form', 'uses'=>'HomeController@postView1'));

into:

Route::post('form', array('as' => 'form', 'uses'=>'HomeController@postView1'));

Now, you should change your view2 function into:

public function view2($name)
{
    return View::make('view2')->with('name',$name);
}

Now in your view2.blade.php you should be able to use:

<p> Hello, {{ $name }} </p>