How to check is view exists in Laravel

Code snippet that can be used to check is view exists in Laravel 7.

You can check if View file exists before actually loading it.

if (view()->exists('custom.page')) {

// Load the view

}

You can even load an array of views and only the first existing will be actually loaded.

return view()->first(['custom.dashboard', 'dashboard'], $data);

Example how to render dynamic views:

class CategoryController extends Controller
{
    public function show($slug)
    {
        $category = Category::with('posts')->where('slug', $slug)->firstOrFail();

        if (view()->exists('category.custom.'.$category->slug)) {
            $view = 'category.custom.'.$category->slug;
        } else {
            $view = 'category.show';
        }

        return view($view, [
            'category' => $category,
        ]);
    }
}