title: How to Reuse Code Across Controllers in Laravel
body: <p>I'm new to Laravel (relatively new to the MVC concept in general) and have watched hours of tutorials and read many others, but there is a simple common task that has eluded me: what is the best way to reuse the same basic elements in a system (say, CMS) across controllers?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Scenario:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have a content management system, and want to use a different controller for each type of function: e.g. a posts controller for manipulating posts, a users controller for managing users, a menu controller for menu items, etc. Most tutorials recommend this type of workflow.</p>
  
  <p>However, in the actual CMS front-end, I have many common elements that are dynamic (come from the DB) but still need to be displayed across all controllers. For example, the menu (comes from the DB), the current user's details (user name and relevant buttons in accordance with permissions), etc. Displaying it to the user (front-end) is easy enough with Blade, but I can't figure out the best way to do this in the back-end.</p>
  
  <p>For example, if each controller separately gets the menu from the DB, that's a (lack of) code reuse nightmare. On the other hand, there doesn't appear to be a central place from where I can insert this code and pass it onto the view across all controllers. I'm sure that the Laravel developers have thought of this extremely common scenario. What is the best way to implement it?</p>