Share Variable with all views: Now I have access to the currently logged in user as $user in all views, and can access anything from it as normal, such as $user->email

laravel_globalUserView.php

class BaseController extends Controller
{
  public function __construct()
  {
    // Fetch the User object, or set it to false if not logged in
    if (Sentry::check()) {
      $user = User::find(Sentry::getUser()–>id);
    }
    else {
      $user = false;
    }

    // Sharing is caring
    View::share('user', $user);
  }
}