Laravel @extends failing to pull in master layout

Question

While creating a basic item detail page for a basic blog I've run into a problem with Laravel's @extends not working when pulling in a master layout template. The content from the detail page loads just fine but the master page HTML is not there at all and I'm not getting any errors.

In my routes:

Route::get('blog', 'BlogController@public_index');
Route::get('blog/{id}', 'BlogController@public_single');

In my BlogController:

public function public_single($id) {
    $blog = Blog::find($id);
    return View::make('public.blog_single') -> with('blog', $blog);
}

At the very top of the blog_single template:

@extends('layouts.public')

All other templates that use this master layout work as expected.

My views directory structure:

views
  |
  |layouts
  |    |
  |    | admin.blade.php
  |    | public.blade.php
  |
  |public
      |
      |blog.blade.php
      |blog_single.blade.php

One thing I'm wondering is if the fact that this page looks like it's rendering from a subdirectory is an issue. Here is an example:

This works:

www.mydomain.com/blog

This doesn't:

www.mydomain.com/blog/1

I've looked through the Laravel docs and don't see an answer there. Any ideas? Thanks.

what is your file and directory structure in /app/views/ ? please update your question. — Gadoma
@Fractaliste, Yes I have that, I added it above to the question. I did not add it the first time since it works and I did not want to confuse the subject more than it already was. — Rich Coy
You said All other templates that use this master layout work as expected, so what is the difference between this (blog_single) and other views ? — The Alpha

MrVampo MrVampo · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-11T17:06:41

Have you tried to add an absolute path to the master style references?

For example:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.min.css">

Has to be:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/bootstrap.min.css">

In all the url's we use. This worked for me :)

Laravel @extends failing to pull in master layout

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