Raw PHP in Blade (@php) in Laravel - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Using Raw PHP in Blade Templates with @php

📖 Scenario: You are building a simple Laravel web page that shows a greeting message based on the current hour of the day. You want to use raw PHP inside your Blade template to decide which greeting to show.

🎯 Goal: Create a Blade template that uses the @php directive to write raw PHP code. The PHP code should get the current hour and set a greeting message variable. Then display the greeting message in the HTML.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a variable $hour inside @php that stores the current hour using date('H').

Create a variable $greeting inside @php that sets the greeting to 'Good morning' if $hour is less than 12, otherwise 'Good afternoon'.

Display the $greeting variable inside an <h1> tag in the Blade template.

Use the @php directive to write the raw PHP code block.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Many Laravel projects use Blade templates to build web pages. Sometimes you need to run small PHP code snippets directly in the template for dynamic content.

💼 Career

Understanding how to mix PHP logic with Blade templates is important for Laravel developers to create flexible and dynamic views.

1

Create the Blade template skeleton

Create a Blade template file with an <h1> tag that will later show the greeting message. For now, leave the <h1> tag empty.

Laravel

Need a hint?

Start by writing the basic HTML structure with an <h1> tag inside your Blade template.

2

Add raw PHP block to get current hour

Inside the Blade template, add a raw PHP block using @php and @endphp. Inside this block, create a variable called $hour and set it to the current hour using date('H').

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    @php
        // Create $hour variable here
    @endphp

Need a hint?

Use @php and @endphp to write raw PHP code inside Blade. Use date('H') to get the current hour as a string.

3

Add greeting logic inside the PHP block

Inside the same @php block, add a variable called $greeting. Use an if statement to set $greeting to 'Good morning' if $hour is less than 12, otherwise set it to 'Good afternoon'.

Laravel

    @php
        $hour = date('H');
        // Add greeting logic here
    @endphp

Need a hint?

Use a simple if statement in PHP to check the hour and assign the greeting message.

4

Display the greeting message in the template

Below the @php block, display the $greeting variable inside the <h1> tag using Blade's echo syntax {{ }}.

Laravel

    @php
        $hour = date('H');
        if ($hour 

Need a hint?

Use {{ $greeting }} to show the greeting message inside the HTML.