How to include External CSS and JS file in Laravel

Question

I am Using Laravel 5.0 , the Form and Html Helper are removed from this version , i dont know how to include external css and js files in my header file. Currently i am using this code.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <!---  css file  --->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.min.js"></script>

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

The right way is this one:

<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ URL::asset('js/jquery.js') }}"></script>

Here I have a js directory in the laravel's app/public folder. There I have a jquery.js file. The function URL::asset() produces the necessary url for you. Same for the css:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ URL::asset('css/somestylesheet.css') }}" />

Hope this helps.

Keep in mind that the old mehods:

{{ Form::script() }}

and

{{ Form::style() }}

are deprecated and will not work in Laravel 5!

Hope it helps!!
Thank you!!