How to get categories on all views in laravel?

@addison 

To get categories on all views in Laravel, you can achieve this by using View composers.

1. First, create a new view composer by running the following command in the terminal:

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php artisan make:provider CategoryComposerServiceProvider

1. Open the newly created provider file located in app/Providers/CategoryComposerServiceProvider.php and update the boot method with the code below:

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use IlluminateSupportFacadesView;

public function boot()
{
    View::composer('*', function($view) {
        $categories = Category::all();
        $view->with('categories', $categories);
    });
}

1. Update the providers array in config/app.php file to include the newly created provider:

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AppProvidersCategoryComposerServiceProvider::class,

1. Now, you can access the $categories variable in all your views. For example, in your Blade view files, you can loop through the categories like this:

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@foreach($categories as $category)
    {{ $category->name }}
@endforeach

By following the above steps, you can easily get categories on all views in Laravel using View composers.