Laravel – How to Get the Current URL Inside @if Statement (Blade) in Laravel 4

LARAVEL 5.5 AND UP

Use the full form of the blade directive:

@php
$i = 1
@endphp

LARAVEL 5.2 - 5.4

You can use the inline tags:

@php ($i = 1)

Or you can use it in a block statement:

@php
$i = 1
@endphp

ADD A 'DEFINE' TAG

If you want to use custom tags and use a @define instead of @php, extend Blade like this:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Extend blade so we can define a variable
| <code>
| @define $variable = "whatever"
| </code>
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

\Blade::extend(function($value) {
    return preg_replace('/\@define(.+)/', '<?php ${1}; ?>', $value);
});

Then do one of the following:

Quick solution: If you are lazy, just put the code in the boot() function of the AppServiceProvider.php.

Nicer solution: Create an own service provider. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/28641054/2169147 on how to extend blade in Laravel 5. It's a bit more work this way, but a good exercise on how to use Providers :)

LARAVEL 4

You can just put the above code on the bottom of app/start/global.php (or any other place if you feel that is better).

After the above changes, you can use:

@define $i = 1

to define a variable.

In Laravel 4 & 5 (up to 5.7), you can use str_limit, which limits the number of characters in a string.

While in Laravel 5.8 up, you can use the Str::limit helper.

//For Laravel 4 to Laravel 5.5
{{ str_limit($string, $limit = 150, $end = '...') }}
//For Laravel 5.5 upwards
{{ \Illuminate\Support\Str::limit($string, 150, $end='...') }}

For more Laravel helper functions http://laravel.com/docs/helpers#strings