macros.php

<?php

/**
 * HTML::show_message_when('first_name', $errors)
 */
HTML::macro('show_message_when', function show_message_when($name, $errors, $attributes = array())
{
    $attributes_string = "";
    $content_string = "";

    $attributes['class'] = isset($attributes['class']) ?: "";
    $attributes['class'] .= " $name";

    if ($errors->has($name))
    {
        $attributes['class'] .= " alert";
        $attributes['class'] .= " alert-danger";
        $content_string = $errors->first($name);
    }

    foreach ($attributes as $key => $value) {
        $attributes_string = " $key = \"" . $value . "\""; 
    }

    return "<div $attributes_string>$content_string</div>";
});


/**
 * HTML::foreach('user', 'user.itemview', $users)
 */
HTML::macro('foreach', function($name, $view, $items)
{
    var html = "";

    foreach ($items as $item)
    {
       html .= View::make($view, [$name => $item]);
    }

    return html;
});

/**
 * HTML::not_found($users, 'No users found!')
 */
HTML::macro('not_found', function($items, $message = 'None found!')
{
   return '<div class="empty row">' . $message . '</div>';
});