blue-twilight/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use App\Album;
use App\Facade\Theme;
use App\Helpers\ImageHelper;
use App\Helpers\ThemeHelper;
use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Bootstrap any application services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        $this->app->singleton('image', function($app)
        {
            return new ImageHelper();
        });
        $this->app->singleton('theme', function($app)
        {
            return new ThemeHelper();
        });

        // When running migrations or CLI tasks, don't need to add things to the view
        if (php_sapi_name() != 'cli')
        {
            $this->addThemeInfoToView();
            $this->addAlbumsToView();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Register any application services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        //
    }

    private function addAlbumsToView()
    {
        $albums = Album::all()->sortBy('name');
        View::share('albums', $albums);
    }

    private function addThemeInfoToView()
    {
        $themeInfo = Theme::info();

        // Add each theme info element to the view - prefixing with theme_
        // e.g. $themeInfo['name'] becomes $theme_name in the view
        foreach ($themeInfo as $key => $value)
        {
            View::share('theme_' . $key, $value);
        }

        // Also add a theme_url key
        View::share('theme_url', sprintf('themes/%s', Theme::current()));
    }
}