Can't pass variable from routes to view in laravel 4

Question

I'm trying to learn Laravel 4 and reading the book called Laravel: code bright

I'm trying to pass array data from routes to view but I get this error

ErrorException Undefined variable: squirrel

Codes are like these. Same as in the book.

url localhost/test

routes.php

<?php
    Route::get('/{squirrel}', function() {

        $data['squirrel'] = $squirrel;

        return View::make('simple', $data);
    });
?>

simple.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="eng">
    <head>
            <meta charset="UTF-8">
            <title>Views!</title>
    </head>
    <body>
            <p>I  wish I were a <?php echo $squirrel; ?> squirrel!</p>
    </body>
    </html>

Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Antonio Carlos Ribeiro · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-31T15:10:40

You have to get the variable like this:

<?php
    Route::get('/{squirrel}', function($squirrel) {

        $data['squirrel'] = $squirrel;

        return View::make('simple', $data);
    });

Can't pass variable from routes to view in laravel 4

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