How can I access a Livewire component's public property in the Blade view?

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I'm building a Livewire component in Laravel to show and hide parts of my UI, and I need a global toggle variable to control component visibility on button clicks. However, when I use php artisan make:livewire (component name), it creates two files (the PHP class and the Blade view).

For example, in my PHP file I have:

PHP
use Livewire\Component;

class NavManager extends Component
{
    public $helloVariable = "hello";

    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.nav-manager');
    }
}

And in the Blade view, I try to access this variable with:

BLADE
<div>
    <li><a href="">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Account</a></li>
    <li><a href="">About</a></li>

    {{$helloVariable}}
</div>

This results in an error: "Undefined variable $helloVariable". I also tried to display $helloVariable in welcome.blade.php and encountered the same issue.

Is this a bug in Livewire or Laravel, or am I missing something? How do I properly access the public property in Blade?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

The issue isn't a bug; it's more about how Livewire components work. In Livewire, any public property you declare within your component (your PHP class) is available only within that component's Blade view. This means:

If you reference {{$helloVariable}} in your component view (e.g. in resources/views/livewire/nav-manager.blade.php), it should work.
However, if you reference {{$helloVariable}} in a regular Blade view (such as welcome.blade.php) without embedding the Livewire component, Laravel won't know about it.

How to Fix It

To use your Livewire component and its public properties, include the component in your Blade view like this:

BLADE
<livewire:nav-manager />

After adding that, the nav-manager's Blade view will be rendered, and {{$helloVariable}} will be available there.

Additional Tips

Naming and Location:
Make sure your component class is in the standard directory (e.g. app/Http/Livewire/NavManager.php) and that your component view is in the correct location (resources/views/livewire/nav-manager.blade.php).
Passing Data:
If you need to pass additional data from a parent Blade view to a Livewire component, you can specify attributes on the component tag and use public properties or mount() methods inside your component.

By including the Livewire component in your Blade view, your public property will be available as expected.

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Answer by MeteoricVoyager048 • 1 month ago

From docs you supposed to do it like so:

PHP
class ShowPosts extends Component
{
    public function render()
    {
        return view('livewire.show-posts', [
            'posts' => Post::all(),
        ]);
    }
}

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Answer by NebularVoyager665 • 1 month ago

I figured it out, whenever I am calling the component I am using @include('livewire.navmanager') it gives the error of undefined variable but when I changed it into <livewire:navmanager /> it works well.

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