Undefined variable in Laravel view - select

Question

I have tried to get a solution for this for hours and I really do not understand why it's not working.
routes.php
Route::get("/user/Session::get('theuser')/charname", array(
'as' => 'profile-character',
'uses' => 'ProfileController#dropDownList'
));
ProfileController.php
public function dropDownList() {
$list = Character::lists('char_name', 'char_dynasty');
return View::make('layout.profile')->with('character_options',$list);
}
profile.blade.php
<div class="selected_char">
<form action="{{ URL::route('profile-character') }}" method="get">
{{ Form::select('character', $character_options , Input::old('character')) }}
</form>
</div>
This code throws me the error that the $character_options is undefined. I have read dozens of examples doing the same thing like me and working for them. Maybe this is Laravel 3?

Answer 1

This is something that should not work on Laravel:
Route::get("/user/Session::get('theuser')/charname", array(
'as' => 'profile-character',
'uses' => 'ProfileController#dropDownList'
));
You cannot have a call like Session::get() in your route, not as far as I know at least. Your route will work because it's a string valid for route, but that Session::get() will never really be used in the process.
If you literally hit the url:
http://localhost/user/Session::get('theuser')/charname
What you can have is something like:
Route::get("/user/{user}/charname", array(
'as' => 'profile-character',
'uses' => 'ProfileController#dropDownList'
));
And do
public function dropDownList($user) {
$list = Character::lists('char_name', 'char_dynasty');
return View::make('layout.profile')->with('character_options',$list);
}