The Controller::render() method can now renders inline text.

E.G. rendering inline javascript inside a controller action:

public function create() {
$message = new App\Message;
$formId = form_id($message);
$html = json_encode(render_view("messages.form", compact('message')));
$this->render(['js' => "MessagesView.create('$formId', $html)"]);
}

Author: Tortue Torche

src/Efficiently/JqueryLaravel/ControllerAdditions.php

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Efficiently\JqueryLaravel;
 
-use View;
+use Blade;
 use Request;
 use Response;
 
@@ -21,12 +21,17 @@ public function render($view, $data = [], $layout = null)
         if (is_array($view) && count($view) === 1) {
             $format = array_keys($view)[0];
             $view = array_values($view)[0];
-            if (! ends_with($view, '_'.$format)) {
-                $view = $view.'_'.$format;
+            if (is_string($view)) {
+                if (! ends_with($view, '_'.$format) && view()->exists($view.'_'.$format)) {
+                    $view = $view.'_'.$format;
+                } else {
+                    // inline view
+                    $view = Blade::compileString($view);
+                }
             }
         }
 
-        if (is_string($view)) {
+        if (is_string($view) && view()->exists($view)) {
             $view = view($view, $data);
         }