$article3 = App\Article::create(array('title' => 'How to ride a bike', 'body' => '...')); return; // second way (never a mass-assignment alert if done this way) $article2 = new App\Article(); $article2->title = 'How to be succesful!'; $article2->body = 'This is some other body...'; $article2->save(); return 'Saved article. It has an id of ' . $article2->id; // first way $article = App\Article::create(array('title' => 'How to peel potatoes', 'body' => 'This is some body...')); return $article->id; }); Route::get('article', function () { $article = new App\Article('How to peel a potato'); $letter = 'o'; if ($article->containsLetter($letter)) { return 'Contains: ' . $letter; } return 'Nope'; }); /************************************************************************************/ Route::get('conditional', function () { $list = array('Harry', 'Ron', 'Hermione'); return View::make('hello')->withFriends($list); }); /**********************************************************************************/ Route::get('home_test', function () { $name = DB::Connection()->getDatabaseName(); return View::make('pages/home')->with('list', ['banana', 'pear', 'apple'])->with('flavors', ['banana', 'pear', 'apple'])->with('name', $name); }); Route::get('about', function () {