I'm making my first app in Laravel and am trying to get my head around the session flash messages. As far as I'm aware in my controller action I can set a flash message either by going
Redirect::to('users/login')->with('message', 'Thanks for registering!'); //is this actually OK?
For the case of redirecting to another route, or
Session::flash('message', 'This is a message!');
In my master blade template I'd then have:
@if(Session::has('message'))
<p class="alert alert-info">{{ Session::get('message') }}</p>
@endif
As you may have noticed I'm using Bootstrap 3 in my app and would like to make use of the different message classes: alert-info
, alert-warning
, alert-danger
etc.
Assuming that in my controller I know what type of message I'm setting, what's the best way to pass and display it in the view? Should I set a separate message in the session for each type (e.g. Session::flash('message_danger', 'This is a nasty message! Something's wrong.');
)? Then I'd need a separate if statement for each message in my blade template.
Any advice appreciated.