User permissions is the ideal approach when dealing with partial views. Something like:

@if ($user->hasAccess('admin'))
    @include('admin.dashboard')
@endif

Sentry is the most popular package to implement user permissions in Laravel.

The package should be updated to L5 in a few days.

https://github.com/cartalyst/sentry

Thanks.

I find myself doing this kind of thing quite often. Therefore I'm wondering if I'm falling into a common error in allowing data to be displayed in the view based upon auth status. That is, should I have a different application structure that simply points users to views that are entirely suitable for their auth status.

Any pointers would be appreciated.