These two pieces of code are equivalent:

$viewData = array('foo' => $bar);
return View::make('x', $viewData);

return View::make('x')->with('foo', $bar);

So in your second example, $viewData would have to have a key of 'viewData' to be equivalent to the first one.

So

return View::make('x')->with('foo', $bar);

only makes sense when i wanna send only one array/value to the View?

And if i have several arrays i do this?

$bar['city'] = array();
$bar['music'] = array();
$bar['location'] = array();
return View::make('x', $bar);

Instead of several with's like this:

return View::make('x')->with('city', array())->with('music', array())->with('location', array());

What's the best practice?

Thanks, Sharping

Sharping said:

So

return View::make('x')->with('foo', $bar);

only makes sense when i wanna send only one array/value to the View?

And if i have several arrays i do this?

$bar['city'] = array(); $bar['music'] = array(); $bar['location'] = array(); return View::make('x', $bar);

Instead of several with's like this:

return View::make('x')->with('city', array())->with('music', array())->with('location', array());

What's the best practice?

Thanks, Sharping

I generally the array method because it's less verbose, but it comes down to personal preference.