Laravel PHP: Creating default object from empty value error - php

Question

I'm using a controller to call up a form defined in one of my views. Within the controller, I have a simple 'create()' method that I just want to use to call up a form while using the 'Video' model I've defined. The problem is when I try to call this function, I keep getting a 'Creating default object from empty value' error.
Controller(app\VideosController.php):
<?php
use Acme\repositories\VideoRepository;
use Models\Video;
use Models\Validators as Validators;
class VideosController extends BaseController {
/**
* The video model
*
* #var \Models\Video
**/
protected $video;
/* The value defined from my repository
*/
protected $videoRepo;
/**
* Instantiate the controller
*
* #param Models\Video $video
* #return void
**/
public function __construct(VideoRepository $videoRepo)
{
$this->videoRepo = $videoRepo;
/* Old code below
$this->video = \App::make('Repositories\VideoRepository');
*/
}
/* Create a new video by passing in a sub view
Of the form for creating a new video */
public function create()
{
$data = array('type' => 'video');
$this->layout->content = \View::make('forms.new-video', $data);
}
}
Model(app/models/video.php):
<?php
class Video extends Eloquent {
/**
* The table used by this model
*
* #var string
**/
protected $table = 'videos';
/**
* The primary key
*
* #var string
**/
protected $primaryKey = 'video_id';
/**
* The fields that are guarded cannot be mass assigned
*
* #var array
**/
protected $guarded = array();
/**
* Enabling soft deleting
*
* #var boolean
**/
protected $softDelete = true;
}
The view for my form is located at 'app\views\forms\new-video.blade.php'.
Am I not defining my 'create()' method properly or is a matter of not placing files in their correct location?

Answer 1

I believe you are missing the declaration of the $layout property in your controller, so it has no idea what view to use as the template:
/**
* The layout that should be used for responses.
*/
protected $layout = 'layouts.master';
See http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/templates#controller-layouts.