Laravel extend/include layout if variable == 0 - php

Question

Im using laravel 4.0 im tyring to display a layout only if a variable ==0 (just in case a user tries to navigate to the url instead of clicking through) (i know I can redirect instead of extending but this is undesirable for now)
I am trying to get the layout to only extend when the user navigates to the page manually, noajax is set to true if their is no ajax request being sent when it goes to the function, so if the user where to navigate to the url manually it will still display the page but extend the layout.
#if ($noajax==1)
#extends('layouts.master')
#endif
#section('content')
//controller
public function test($id,$model)
{
if (Request::ajax())
{
//$foreign_key and $model must be <> null
if ($id == null || $model == null) {
$this->render('../Errors/missing_arg', 'error');
return;
}
if($model=="ArtObj")
{
$partable = "art_objects";
$path='img/art-objects/';
}
$parid=$id;
$noajax=0;
$mediaimgs = Media::where('parent_id' , $id )->where('parent_table', $partable)->paginate(15);
$response = Response::Json($mediaimgs);
return View::make('/Admin/manageimage/manage_image',compact('parid','mediaimgs','model','path','noajax'));
}
else{
if($model=="ArtObj")
{
$partable = "art_objects";
$path='img/art-objects/';
}
$parid=$id;
$mediaimgs = Media::where('parent_id' , $id )->where('parent_table', $partable)->paginate(15);
$response = Response::Json($mediaimgs);
$noajax = 1;
return View::make('/Admin/manageimage/manage_image',compact('parid','mediaimgs','model','path','noajax'));
}
}

Answer 1

In this case you should use 2 views in controller.
In controller you should use:
if ($noajax) {
return View::make('noajax');
}
else {
return View::make('ajax');
}
In noajax view you can extend from any other view and if noajax and ajax have common code, you should put it in separate file and use #include in those both views to include common part of code.