Laravel compact is not working

Question

I'm trying to make a posting system, with a resource routing combination on the posts. When I try to run the app to view the posts, it returns an error stating that the posts could not be found within the view. I have the controller code for the index and the show functions:

public function index()
{
    $posts = Post::latest()->get();

    return view('view', compact('posts'));
}

public function show(Post $post)
{
    return view('posts.show', compact('post'));
}

The view that I have for the app uses the post variable to display the posts:

<div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-2">
                <div class="panel panel-default">
                    <!-- Posts will be displayed on the same panel -->
                    <div class="panel-body" id="view">
                        @foreach($posts as $post)
                            <article id="post">
                                <a href="/view/posts{{ $post->id }}">
                                    {{ $post->title }}
                                </a>

                                <div class="body">
                                    {{ $post->body }}
                                </div>

                                <!-- Footer for posts will include interaction features -->
                            </article>
                        @endforeach
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

Is there something that the laravel installation isn't doing correctly? Is the compact function set up correctly?

Answer 1

The return of the index action is wrong

return view('view', compact('posts')); 

Change 'view' with 'posts'

Answer 2

Your controller index function should be something like this:

public function index()
{
    $posts = Post::get();
    return view('posts.index', compact('posts'));
}

Answer 3

Use compact('posts')

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