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PHP Laravel 4 Basics Laravel Controllers Dynamic styles with Blade

Chris Walter
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Chris Walter
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Posted by Chris Walter
Chris Walter
Courses Plus Student 5,196 Points

asset function in laravel - why no double colon when calling?

Why is it not required to specify the class that the asset function belongs to when it is called in laravel? Is there a way to call a function from a class without using a colon or making a new class?

if I were to make another custom function named asset wouldn't this be a problem?

Any light you could shed on this would be awesome because it really has me scratching my head.

2 Answers

Hampton Paulk
Hampton Paulk
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Laravel Helper Functions are always available to you, no need to specify the class. The helpers.php file is included by default through the bootstrapping process

Feel free to follow the rabbit hole to learn more.

Chris Walter
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Chris Walter
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Chris Walter
Chris Walter
Courses Plus Student 5,196 Points

Thank you for the help Hampton Paulk ! The thing that I don't understand is how if I called my own function called asset() how that would or wouldn't interfere with the bootstrapped functions? I think it has something to do with namespaces but I am having trouble connecting the dots.