laravel baseController function to be able to pass on standard settings defined in an array to your view.

gistfile1.php

BaseController.php, add the following:
    protected function show_view($view, $tempData="")
    {
        $settings = array('setting1'=>'value');
        $data = array();

        if($tempData != "")
        {
            $data['data'] = $tempData;
        }
        
        $data['settings'] = $settings;
        
        $this->layout->content = View::make($view, $data);
    }
    
now in every controller you want to show a view, you can do this:
$this->show_view('viewname');
or if you want to pass on data:
$this->show_view('viewname', $data);