The answer seems really obvious once you know it.<br>[php]<br>->render();<br>[/php]<br>Used like this:<br>[php]<br>$nav_primary_data = json_decode(file_get_contents('navs/primary.json', true);<br>$view_string = View::make('layouts.master.navs.primary')->with('nav_primary_data', $data)->render();<br>[/php]<br>I'm not sure why it's not mentioned in the <a href="https://laravel.com/docs/responses#views" target="_blank">Views & Responses documentation</a>.<br>But the method can be seen in the <a href="https://laravel.com/api/class-Illuminate.View.View.html" target="_blank">API docs: \Illuminate\View\View</a>