Q:

Laravel 4, Blade include template from parent directory - dot notation

I have a directory structure as following:
views/
-----common.blade.php
-----module1/
----------index.blade.php

I have my views path set to module1
I want to access common.blade.php from index.blade.php, however it gives me a blank page. 
I have tried  @include('..\common'), @include('/../common'), @include('//..//common'), @include('\..\common'), @include('common')
I understand it uses dot notation, how do I access parent directory in dot notation?
Zain

A:

Like suggested in the comments you need to provide simple, root based path:
@include('common')

The view paths in include are always absolute to the views base directory, app/views by default.
You can alter (or add more paths) it in the app/config/view.php file:
// default
'paths' => array(__DIR__.'/../views'),

