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You're reading from Laravel Application Development Cookbook Since Laravel is so versatile, one of the best learning routes is a cookbook. We've included lots of recipes and guidance on building web application, both simple and complex. It's a pick & mix approach that works brilliantly.

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782162827

Length 272 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

Laravel

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Author (1):

Terry Matula

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Laravel Application Development Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. Setting Up and Installing Laravel FREE CHAPTER

2. Using Forms and Gathering Input

3. Authenticating Your Application

4. Storing and Using Data

5. Using Controllers and Routes for URLs and APIs

6. Displaying Your Views

7. Creating and Using Composer Packages

8. Using Ajax and jQuery

9. Using Security and Sessions Effectively

10. Testing and Debugging Your App

11. Deploying and Integrating Third-party Services into Your Application

Index

Setting up a controller to return JSON data

When we access data using JavaScript, one of the easiest ways is to use JSON-formatted data. In Laravel, we can return JSON from one of our controllers to be used by our JavaScript on another page.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we need a standard Laravel installation.

How to do it...

For this recipe, follow the given steps:

In the controllers directory, create a file named BooksController.php:

<?php

  class BooksController extends BaseController {

  public function getIndex()
{
  return View::make('books.index');
}

  public function getBooks()
{
  $books = array('Alice in Wonderland','Tom Sawyer','Gulliver\'s Travels','Dracula','Leaves of Grass');
  return Response::json($books);
}
}

In routes.php, register the books controller

Route::controller('books', 'BooksController');

In the views directory, create a folder named books, and in that folder, create a file named index.php:
```
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset=utf-8...
```