Laravel return view from method in controller

Question

In a Laravel 5.7 controller, this works:

class SearchController extends Controller
{
    return view('test);
}

But this doesn't (the result is a blank page, no html is generated, no error message is shown)

class SearchController extends Controller
{
    $this->show_view();
}

private function show_view()
{
    return view('test);
}

If I add dd('this is a test'); in the private function show_view right before return view('test);, that message is displayed so the show_view method is called properly, but returning the view doesn't work. Why?

ceejayoz · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-09 21:14:15Z

1

Change $this->show_view(); to return $this->show_view(); and it should work. You're getting a blank page because while you successfully render the view, you don't return it back to Laravel at all.

answered Jan 9, 2019 at 21:14

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