Use Short Attribute Syntax for Blade Components

Replace verbose :user="$user" bindings with short attribute syntax :$user when passing PHP variables to Blade components.

When rendering Blade components and passing variables that share the same name as the component prop (such as passing $user to :user="$user" or $post to :post="$post"), repeating the variable name adds visual boilerplate.

Laravel supports short attribute syntax for component bindings.

Before vs. After

{{-- Traditional verbose syntax --}}
<x-profile-card 
    :user="$user" 
    :post="$post" 
    :commentsCount="$commentsCount" 
/>

{{-- Clean short attribute syntax --}}
<x-profile-card 
    :$user 
    :$post 
    :$commentsCount 
/>

Inside the Component

The component receives the variables as standard props:

{{-- resources/views/components/profile-card.blade.php --}}
@props(['user', 'post', 'commentsCount'])

<div class="card">
    <h3>{{ $user->name }}</h3>
    <p>{{ $post->title }}</p>
    <span>{{ $commentsCount }} comments</span>
</div>

Summary

• :$variable is identical to :variable="$variable".
• Mirrors modern JavaScript and Vue shorthand attribute bindings.
• Makes template files cleaner and faster to read.