how to echo strings and variable in laravel 5.1 blade

Probably $universities->universityName is empty

Lets assume your controller looks like this:

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllersuse App\University; // I assume this is your modelclass UniversityController extends Controller{     public function index()     {         $universities = Univeristy::all();         return view('universities', compact('universities'));     }}

Then later in your universities.blade.php

<a href="{!! url("{$univerisity->universityName}/students") !!}">Students</a>

or you can check if $universities->universityName is empty, if it doesn't print the URL means its empty.

@if(!$universities || !$universities->universityName)    <a href="{!! url("{$univerisity->universityName}/students") !!}">Students</a>@endif

As it seems you're passing some parameter in the url.

I assume that you want to print those parameter in your view

Here i wrote an example route, controller with view for your understanding.

Step 1 : Write a route method

Route::get('get/{id}', 'publicController@get');

Step 2 : Write a function inside your controller

public function get($id)    {        return view('get')->with('id', $id);    }

Now you're returning the parameter that you passed to the view

Step 3 : Show in your View

Inside your view you can simply echo it using

{{ $id }}

So If you have this in your url

http://localhost/yourproject/get/14

Then it will print 14

Hope this helps you