In Laravel, the best way to pass different types of flash messages in the session
One solution would be to flash two variables into the session:
- The message itself
- The "class" of your alert
for example:
Session::flash('message', 'This is a message!');
Session::flash('alert-class', 'alert-danger');
Then in your view:
@if(Session::has('message'))
<p class="alert {{ Session::get('alert-class', 'alert-info') }}">{{ Session::get('message') }}</p>
@endif
Note I've put a default value into the Session::get()
. that way you only need to override it if the warning should be something other than the alert-info
class.
(that is a quick example, and untested :) )
In your view:
<div class="flash-message">
@foreach (['danger', 'warning', 'success', 'info'] as $msg)
@if(Session::has('alert-' . $msg))
<p class="alert alert-{{ $msg }}">{{ Session::get('alert-' . $msg) }}</p>
@endif
@endforeach
</div>
Then set a flash message in the controller:
Session::flash('alert-danger', 'danger');
Session::flash('alert-warning', 'warning');
Session::flash('alert-success', 'success');
Session::flash('alert-info', 'info');
My way is to always Redirect::back() or Redirect::to():
Redirect::back()->with('message', 'error|There was an error...');
Redirect::back()->with('message', 'message|Record updated.');
Redirect::to('/')->with('message', 'success|Record updated.');
I have a helper function to make it work for me, usually this is in a separate service:
function displayAlert()
{
if (Session::has('message'))
{
list($type, $message) = explode('|', Session::get('message'));
$type = $type == 'error' : 'danger';
$type = $type == 'message' : 'info';
return sprintf('<div class="alert alert-%s">%s</div>', $type, message);
}
return '';
}
And in my view or layout I just do
{{ displayAlert() }}