Welcome to My Site!<\/h1>\n<\/body>\n<\/html><\/pre>

You don't need to use PHP tags unless you want to inject dynamic data — Blade makes that easy too (more on that below).<\/p>

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3. Returning the View from a Route or Controller<\/strong><\/h3>

Now that you've created the view, you need to return it from a route or controller.<\/p>

From a Route Closure:<\/h4>

Open routes\/web.php<\/code> and define a route like this:<\/p>

 use Illuminate\\Support\\Facades\\Route;\n\nRoute::get('\/', function () {\n    return view('welcome');\n});<\/pre>
 The string 'welcome'<\/code> matches the filename welcome.blade.php<\/code> .<\/p>
 From a Controller:<\/h4>
 If you're using a controller, make sure you import the View<\/code> facade or use the helper function view()<\/code> :<\/p>
 namespace App\\Http\\Controllers;\n\nuse Illuminate\\View\\View;\n\nclass HomeController extends Controller\n{\n    public function index(): View\n    {\n        return view('welcome');\n    }\n}<\/pre>
 Then link the controller method to a route:<\/p>
 use App\\Http\\Controllers\\HomeController;\n\nRoute::get('\/', [HomeController::class, 'index']);<\/pre>
 4. Passing Data to the View<\/strong><\/h3>
 Most of the time, you'll want to pass dynamic data to your views.<\/p>
 Let's say you want to pass a $name<\/code> variable:<\/p>
 In your route or controller:<\/p>
 return view('welcome', ['name' => 'John']);<\/pre>
 In your Blade view ( welcome.blade.php<\/code> ), you can display it like this:<\/p>
 
Welcome, {{ $name }}!<\/h1><\/pre>
 Blade will automatically escape any HTML in {{ }}<\/code> , which helps prevent XSS attacks.<\/p>
 Other ways to pass data include:<\/p>
 Using compact()<\/code> to pass multiple variables at once
 return view('profile', compact('user', 'posts'));<\/pre><\/li>
 Using the with()<\/code> method
 return view('profile')->with('user', $user);<\/pre><\/li><\/ul>
 5. Using Layouts and Sections (Optional but Powerful)<\/strong><\/h3>
 As your app grows, you'll probably want to reuse parts of your HTML (like headers and footers). Blade allows you to create layouts and extend them.<\/p>
 Create a layout file like this:<\/p>
 \n\n\n