Using Blade | Templating

Introduction to Blade

Blade is a powerful, simple, and flexible templating engine provided with Laravel. It is designed to make the process of creating templates in PHP applications more intuitive and efficient.

Setting Up Blade

Blade is included with Laravel, so there's no need to install it separately. To start using Blade, create a file with the .blade.php extension in the resources/views directory of your Laravel project.

Example: Creating a Blade template

resources/views/welcome.blade.php

Blade Syntax and Directives

Blade provides a variety of directives to make it easier to write templates. Here are some common ones:

Echoing Data

To display data, you can use the curly brace syntax:

{{ $variable }}

Control Structures

Blade supports common PHP control structures such as if statements, loops, and more:

Example: If Statement

@if (count($records) === 1)
    I have one record!
@elseif (count($records) > 1)
    I have multiple records!
@else
    I don't have any records!
@endif

Example: For Loop

@for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++)
    The current value is {{ $i }}
@endfor

Example: Foreach Loop

@foreach ($users as $user)
    This is user {{ $user->id }}
@endforeach

Blade Components and Slots

Blade allows you to create reusable components and slots. Components are like partials, but more powerful and flexible.

Example: Creating a Component

{{-- resources/views/components/alert.blade.php --}}

    {{ $slot }}

Example: Using a Component

{{-- resources/views/welcome.blade.php --}}

    Something went wrong!

Blade Layouts

Blade allows you to define a master layout and extend it in other views. This is useful for maintaining a consistent layout across your application.

Example: Defining a Layout

{{-- resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php --}}



    App Name - @yield('title')


    
        @yield('content')

Using Blade - Templating in PHP Development