How to check if a (blade) view file exists
October 26, 2018
Checking if a blade view file exists is very easy.
if (\View::exists('some.view')) { ... }
Or if in a blade view:
@if(\View::exists('some.view'))
...
@endif
Some related things to be aware of:
@includeIf
- include a view from within blade, if the view exists
@includeIf('view.name', ['some' => 'data'])
@includeFirst
- Include the first view that exists
(the final one would be the default shown if no others exist).
In this example it would try and see if custom.admin
existed (/resources/views/custom/admin.blade.php), but if it didn't then it would try admin
.
@includeFirst(['custom.admin', 'admin'], ['some' => 'data'])
@includeWhen
- Used to include a view when a boolean condition is true
@includeWhen($boolean, 'view.name', ['some' => 'data'])