return view() doesn't work in laravel 5

Question

I'm getting Use of undefined constant dashboard - assumed 'dashboard' after

public function login()
    {
        $email = Input::get('email');
        $password = Input::get('password');

        if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $email, 'password' => $password]))
        {
            return view(dashboard);
        }
        else
            return 'nope';

    }

It was working when in my subscriber model I had

Class Subscriber extends Model

But after changing that to

class Subscriber extends \Eloquent implements Authenticatable

returning view() in controller no longer works.

Answer 1

Your error is saying that dashboard is undefined. The error also suggests that you try quoting dashboard, like so:

'dashboard'

Answer 2

You are missing the quotes around dashboard.

if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $email, 'password' => $password]))
{
  return view('dashboard');
}

If dashboard is nested within a folder mention it likewise:

if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $email, 'password' => $password]))
{
  return view('folderName.dashboard');
}