Extend template data

[tomvo]

How would I go about extending the data available in the template? I'd like to add information about the current loggedin user, the URL etc.

Thanks

[anlutro]

In the config, set 'error-view' => null to prevent the package from returning a view. Then, add your own error handler to app/start/global.php, but use pushError() instead of error(). For example:

App::pushError(function($exception) {
    if (App::runningInConsole() || Config::get('app.debug')) return;
    return Response::view('my-error-view', [...], 500);
});

This will preserve all logging, mailing etc. but let you return your own response.

[anlutro]

If you mean in the mail, that's currently not possible (though the URL should be showing), but I can probably find a way to implement that now that I think about it.

[anlutro]

I've added the ability to swap out the AppInfoGenerator via the IoC container, so you can extend and customize it to your needs. For convenience you can use the getExtraStrings method which will be added to the mail body. In your case you could return ['user' => Auth::user()->username] for example.

See this test for an example: https://github.com/anlutro/laravel-4-smart-errors/blob/ad6fc0a3f47d99113030c45ba80b2fff499de295/tests/functional/ErrorHandlingTest.php#L249-L265

[tomvo]

Thanks, I'll give this a go. However, the URL doesn't seem to show in the current version. It only shows the application url in the email subject.

[anlutro]

Make sure you're on the latest stable version. And URLs obviously won't show up for console commands.

[tomvo]

Yeah, I'm on dev-master. But no worries i'll tweak it with the custom generator. Which I can't get working actually, I put this in my global.php:

App::bind('anlutro\L4SmartErrors\AppInfoGenerator', 'CC\LaravelErrorsCustomGenerator');

This is the contents of this custom generator:

<?php

namespace CC;

use anlutro\L4SmartErrors\AppInfoGenerator as AppInfoGenerator

class LaravelErrorsCustomGenerator extends AppInfoGenerator {
    public function getExtraStrings()
    {
        if(!Auth::guest()){
            return ['user' => Auth::user()->username];  
        }else{
            return ['user' => 'Unknown'];   
        }

    }
}

I'm getting a blank page when an error occurs?

[anlutro]

If that's your entire code then you still need to import the Auth facade class.

[tomvo]

Mmm, I'm also getting a error using just this:

<?php

namespace CC;

use anlutro\L4SmartErrors\AppInfoGenerator as AppInfoGenerator

class LaravelErrorsCustomGenerator extends AppInfoGenerator {
    public function getExtraStrings()
    {
        return ['test' => 'hello'];
    }
}

Error in exception handler.

[anlutro]

I'm able to make it work just fine with a fresh installation of laravel/laravel, so the problem is likely somewhere in your own codebase.

[anlutro]

Another thing you can do is temporarily set app.debug to true in the config to get at least the exception message.

[tomvo]

Thanks. I'm causing the error on purpose to test the email out. debug is already set to true. Also, commenting out the app::bind() method fixes the problem right away.

I'll have another fresh look tomorrow morning. thanks!