When using the Laravel view helper, what kind of data is being returned?

Question

I am doubtful when commenting on the method below:

public function index()
{
    $posts = Post::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->paginate(10);

    return view('painel.post.listar', compact('posts'));
}

It would be correct to comment in this way:

/**
 * Retorna uma instância de View
 * 
 * @return object
 */
public function index()
{
    $posts = Post::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->paginate(10);

    return view('painel.post.listar', compact('posts'));
}

Or would Return be View and in the description instead of "Returns a View instance" would be "Returns an object"?

Answer 1

The initial description is perfect it returns a View instance so Return is a View.

Note that the view is nothing more than an object responsible for rendering htmls.

Note also that directly on documentation We have some examples of the use and creation of the view, such as the section below:

$view = View::make('greetings', $data);

Note that the view has other methods of its own as well as for example the share that is responsible for sharing snippets from within a view as below:

 View::share('name', 'Steve');

If you repair the creation of the view itself in the first shown excerpt clearly demonstrates that we are creating a type of View object. see in $view = View::make ....

Answer 2

A pattern used by Larable that’s how it is:

/**
 * Return Instance of View.
 * 
 * @return Illuminate\View\View
 */
public function index()
{
    $posts = Post::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->paginate(10);

    return view('painel.post.listar', compact('posts'));
}

The helper view returns the class instance Illuminate\View\View.