Allows easy rendering of "notifications" with Laravel. Allows for you to do "return back()->with('error', 'Something went wrong');" and globally render each type of alert.

NotificationDisplay.php

<?php

namespace App\Support\Helpers;

use Session;

/**
 * Created by PhpStorm.
 * User: sam
 * Date: 31/05/17
 * Time: 17:55
 */
class NotificationDisplay
{
	/**
	 * This will prepare all notifications in the session to be rendered
	 */
	public static function displayNotifications()
	{
		$types = ['error', 'info', 'success', 'warning'];
		foreach ($types as $type) {
			if (Session::has($type)) {
				self::renderNotification($type, Session::get($type));
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * We wanted to call the "danger" notification type "error" instead.
	 * Could be useful in future cases also.
	 *
	 * @param $type
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public static function changeNotificationType($type)
	{
		switch ($type) {
			case "error":
				return "danger";
			default:
				return $type;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * The "error" notifications title is displayed as "Danger" we use this to convert it back
	 *
	 * @param $type
	 *
	 * @return string
	 */
	public static function changeTitleType($type)
	{
		switch ($type) {
			case "danger":
				return "error";
			default:
				return $type;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Actually renders the notification message.
	 *
	 * @param $type
	 * @param $message
	 */
	public static function renderNotification($type, $message)
	{
		echo '<div class="alert alert-' . self::changeNotificationType($type) . ' alert-dismissable">' .
			'<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">×</button> ' .
			'<strong>' . ucfirst(self::changeTitleType($type)) . '</strong> ' .
			$message .
			'</div>';
	}

}


/**
 * HOW TO USE IT
 * Put the snippet below, where ever you want your alerts to be displayed.
 * You need to place the gist into a folder in App\Support\Helpers for this exact peice to work.
 */

{!! App\Support\Helpers\NotificationDisplay::displayNotifications() !!}