Messages

The Anomaly\Streams\Platform\Message\MessageBag class helps flash messages to users like validation errors and success messages.

Basic Usage

Include the Anomaly\Streams\Platform\Message\MessageBag class in your code to get started.

MessageBag::has()

The has method returns whether or not the message bag has any messages of the specified $type.

Returns: bool
Arguments
Key Required Type Default Description

$type

true

string

none

The type of message to check for. Available options are success, info, warning, and danger.

Example
if ($messages->has('success')) {
    die('Oh goodie!');
}
MessageBag::get()

The get method returns all messages of the specified $type.

Returns: array
Arguments
Key Required Type Default Description

$type

true

string

none

The type of message to check for. Available options are success, info, warning, and danger.

Example
foreach ($messages->get('success') as $message) {
    echo $message . '<br>';
}
MessageBag::pull()

The pull method pulls all messages of a specified $type out of the message bag. Removing them from the session data.

Returns: array
Arguments
Key Required Type Default Description

$type

true

string

none

The type of message to check for. Available options are success, info, warning, and danger.

Example
foreach ($messages->pull('success') as $message) {
    echo $message . '<br>'
}
MessageBag::error()

The error method pushes an error message into the message bag.

Returns: Anomaly\Streams\Platform\Message\MessageBag
Arguments
Key Required Type Default Description

$message

true

string

none

The error message to display.

Example
$messages->error('Ah snap! It broke.');
MessageBag::info()

The info method pushes an informational message into the message bag.

Returns: Anomaly\Streams\Platform\Message\MessageBag
Arguments
Key Required Type Default Description

$message

true

string

none

The informational message to display.

Example
$messages->info('You know what? Ya me neither.');
MessageBag::warning()

The warning method pushes a warning message into the message bag.

Returns: Anomaly\Streams\Platform\Message\MessageBag
Arguments
Key Required Type Default Description

$message

true

string

none

The warning message to display.

Example
$messages->warning('You had better watch it sparky.');
MessageBag::success()

The success method pushes a success message into the message bag.

Arguments
Key Required Type Default Description

$message

true

string

none

The success message to display.

Example
$messages->success('You win!');