Error I get after minifying stylesheet

[hojabbr]

FatalErrorException in efdbb806241fa94d03a450184eaa183f line 0: 
Method Illuminate\View\View::__toString() must not throw an exception

[markcameron]

Is your call to {!! Minify::stylesheet('/css/main.css') !!} inside a view that your are setting to a variable rather then outputting directly? Try outputting it directly and you'll see the real error, this could just be that one of the CSS files does not have the correct path, which throws an exception, which makes the view break.

[hojabbr]

This is in a blade file (header.blade.php):

  <link href="/themes/bootstrap/assets/frontend/layout/css/themes/blue.css" rel="stylesheet" id="style-color">

However when I turn it into:

{!! Minify::stylesheet('/themes/bootstrap/assets/frontend/layout/css/themes/blue.css') !!}

I get the mentioned error.

[hojabbr]

I should also mention the path is correct and has been tested many times before using minify.

[hojabbr]

I have also emptied the ignore environments:

    'ignore_environments' => array(
    ),

[markcameron]

What's the path to the blue.css relative to the laravel root?

[markcameron]

Can you also post the code where you are doing the return view('.....') ?

[hojabbr]

return Theme::view('frontend/index-header-fix');

[markcameron]

Not familiar with a Theme Facade, is it possible to write it as

return view('frontend/index-header-fix');

Just to test it so that it throws the real exception, rather then the exception that the view threw an exception?

[hojabbr]

Guess what you asked made me realize the problem. The theme package I'm using (caffeinated/themes) uses the public folder as it's view folder for themes, while your package is looking for them in the resources folder. So this is why the exception is being thrown. Is there a way to overwrite the "resouces" folder to "public" folder without changing the core files in your package, for example adding a parameter to the config file?

[markcameron]

Hmmm, caffeinated/themes uses the public folder for views? That shouldn't have an effect on the way the package works... As long as the CSS files are in the public folder, it should find them, no matter where the view it is called from is stored.

[hojabbr]

As you requested I used plain old "return view" and seems there is nothing wrong with the package:

<script src="/asset_builds/js/builds/d063a6361d72a3d99c6bfe3a3ebd4b781429738218.js"></script>

So the problem must be the theme package (caffeinated/themes).

[markcameron]

Hmm interesting... Wonder why it is doing that...

[markcameron]

Could be a namespace issue... tried this?

{!! \Minify::stylesheet('/themes/bootstrap/assets/frontend/layout/css/themes/blue.css') !!}

with the \ before Minify?

[hojabbr]

I found out why when I managed to make it work on a simple return view.
Because of the theme package, somehow the error shown is not correct one. While it should have been a "builds folder doesn't exist" error, for me to immediately identify that the builds folder for the assets is not where it should be (and that it doesn't have write permission) I was confused with another error. Anyway now with everything in their correct place and write permissions it's playing well with the Theme package.

Thanks for the hints and the help :)

[markcameron]

No problem, glad you got it working!