ASP.NET MVC to PHP Laravel Migration: Html.RenderAction Alternative

Question

I'm currently developing a CMS using PHP Laravel (5.4) based on an existing ASP.NET MVC version I've made in the past. Since most of the ASP.NET version is written in JS, I'm trying to reuse the most I can in the newer Laravel version I'm developing. I have already translated most of the C# code to PHP, thanks to Laravel's similarities with ASP.NET MVC architecture, this was somewhat straightforward.

Currently I'm facing a issue trying to call a controller action from within a view that will in-turn render a partial view. In the ASP.NET MVC version I've accomplished this using a Html.RenderAction helper.

ASP.NET MVC Example:

<div>
    @{Html.RenderAction("Controller", "Action");}
</div>

I want know if there is any alternative to the Html.RenderAction helper that I can use to accomplish this task.

I've search the interwebs and Laravel's documentation, and from what I was able to find, View Composers seem to be closest alternative. Unfortunately, I didn't find any example that could resolve my issue.

@Farrukh suggested using View Composers and it does actually work as intended. The problem is that I will need to add a View Composer to the AppServiceProvider for every partial view I want to render.

I found another solution that allows me to call an action from a view and render a partial view:

<?php echo \App\Http\Controllers\PageController::listAll(); ?>

But this solution doesn't seem very clean.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 28 '17 at 00:55

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ViewComposer behaves like a global component, all you have to do is put your business logic into a method in your Model.

e.g.

class Post extends Model {
    public static function archives() {
        return static::selectRaw('your query here')
        ->get()
        ->toArray();
    }
}

Then goto providers/AppServiceProvider.php

add your viewcomposer code into boot method (a hook before any view loads).

e.g.

@include('layouts.sidebar')

in AppServiceProvier, boot method:

public function boot() {
    view()->composer('layouts.sidebar', function($view) {
        $view->with('archives', \App\Post::archives());
    });
}

answered Mar 28 '17 at 00:55

Farrukh Ayyaz

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this solves my main issue, but know i have a problem, a need to create a view composer inside the AppServiceProvider for every partial view i want to use. Isn't there a simpler way to call an action from the view? – Ricky Mar 30 '17 at 11:17
For example, i'm able to call an action from a view like this: but it doesn't seem very 'clean'... updated my question. – Ricky Mar 30 '17 at 11:30
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you can make your own providers. php artisan make:provider YourProviderName for every entity / object / operation – Farrukh Ayyaz Mar 30 '17 at 14:33
Going to look at Laravel's service providers. I'll get back to you sooon :) – Ricky Apr 04 '17 at 10:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 14 '20 at 21:30

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You can use the Service Injection:

<div>
    @{Html.RenderAction("Controller", "Action");}
</div>

In Laravel would be:

@inject('Controller', 'App\Http\Controllers\HomeOrOtherController')
{!! $Controller->action() !!}.

With this you will render in the view the content of the view of the action in the controller.

edited Feb 14 '20 at 21:30

the Tin Man

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answered Sep 24 '17 at 16:13

Saiz

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ASP.NET MVC to PHP Laravel Migration: Html.RenderAction Alternative

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