I am not new to MVC, but I am just getting started with Laravel. In ASP.NET MVC we have ViewModels which is basically a data object that we can pass to the view. The view can then use the ViewModel in whatever way it wishes.
Is there such a thing in Laravel? I want to create a ViewModel that I can pass to my contact view and have it create a form scaffold around it!
What I currently have is:
ROUTE
Route::get('/contact', array('as' => 'contact', 'uses' => 'HomeController@contact'));
Route::post('/contact', array('as' => 'contact', 'uses' => 'HomeController@postContact'));
CONTROLLER
<?php
class HomeController extends BaseController {
public function contact()
{
return View::make('contact');
}
public function postContact()
{
$formData = Input::all();
return View::make('contact');
}
}
Also, do you foresee anything wrong with my routes and controller code? In ASP.NET MVC we can have a route with exact same name as long as the verbs are different (POST / GET).
My contact form has 3 textfields (name, email and subject) and one textarea (message).
