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Laravel 5 Message Bags: Returning the Message Bag Instance With getMessageBag

By John Koster

The getMessageBag method returns a reference to the MessageBag instance. It exists to satisfy the requirements of the "Illuminate\Contracts\Support\MessageProvider" interface.

#Signature

The signature of the getMessageBag method is:

1public function getMessageBag();

#Example Use

The following example demonstrates the usage of the getMessageBag method:

1use Illuminate\Support\MessageBag;

2

3// false

4$isEqual = ($messageBag === $anotherMessageBag);

5

6// true

7$isEqual = ($messageBag === $messageBag->getMessageBag());

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