What is the best way to pass data to the view?

Question

Laravel

I have 2 models: articles and categories. I display articles on the page, categories in the header. What is the best way to pass data to a view?

use App\Posts;
use App\Categories;
class PostController extends Controller
{
    function __invoke()
    {
        $articles = Posts::orderBy('id', 'desc')
            ->paginate(5);
        return view('articles', ['articles' => $articles, 'categories' => Categories::all()]);
    }
}

Should I do this or is there a better way?

Answer 1

I understand that the categories in the header are not only on this page?
If so, then it is better to pass categories using View Composers