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Performing redirections

It is also possible to redirect visitors using the 

redirect()

 helper in your routes. 

If, for example, we wanted everyone to be redirected to 

/cats

 when they visit the 

application for the first time, we would write the following lines of code:

Route::get('/', function() {

  return redirect('cats');

});

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Now, we can create the route for the URL we're redirecting to:

Route::get('cats', function() {

  return 'All cats';

});

Returning views

The most frequent object that you will return from your routes is the 

View

 object. Views 

receive data from a route (or controller action) and inject it into a template, therefore 

helping you to separate the business and presentation logic in your application.

To add your first view, simply create a file called 

about.php

 at 

resources/views

 

and add the following content to it: