How to load a global setting?

[eduardoarandah]

Let's say I want to load a $footer_message into all of my views.

if I do this in AppServiceProvider:

    /**
     * Bootstrap any application services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
       $settings = app(GeneralSettings::class)->footer_message;
        Inertia::share("settings", [
            "footer_message" => $settings->footer_message,
        ]);
    }

it works, however, migrations break:

php artisan db:wipe 
php artisan migrate --seed

ErrorException

  Trying to get property 'footer_message' of non-object

  at app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php:156
    154▕         $settings = app(GeneralSettings::class)->footer_message;
    155▕         Inertia::share("settings", [
  ➜ 156▕             "footer_message" => $settings->footer_message,
    157▕         ]);
    158▕     }
    159▕ }
    160▕

I'm using database repostitory and tables don't exist when running migrations.

What would be the correct approach for settings that live globally? like a "footer message" in app layout?

[rubenvanassche]

Hi @eduardoarandah,

I think this should work:

$settings = app(GeneralSettings::class);
Inertia::share("settings", [
     "footer_message" => $settings->footer_message,
]);

If that doesn't, try this:

$settings = app(GeneralSettings::class);
Inertia::share("settings", [
     "footer_message" => fn() => $settings->footer_message,
]);

[eduardoarandah]

I've found that a good place for global vars is app/Http/Middleware/HandleInertiaRequests.php

example:

    public function share(Request $request)
    {
        $settings = new GeneralSettings();
        return array_merge(parent::share($request), [            
            "settings" => fn() => [
                "footer_message" => $settings->footer_message,
            ],
        ]);
    }