class NavigationComposer {

​

    public function compose($view)

    {

        // Is a user logged in?

        if(Auth::check())

        {

​

            // Grab the role name from the current session variable

            // NOTE: you probably have a different way of doing this via a relation or similar

            $currentRole   = Session::get('user.current_role');

​

            // try to get a navigation menu matching this user type

            $user          = Auth::user();

            $viewName      = 'navigation.' . strtolower($currentRole);

​

            // If there is no view matching this, default to empty and show nothing

            // you may want to set another default here

            if( ! View::exists($viewName))

                $viewName = '';

​

            // Pass the user and user-specific view name to the navigation 

            $view->with([

                'user'                => $user, 

                'userType'            => $currentRole,

                'userMenu'            => $viewName

            ]);

​

        }

    }

}