Undefined variable: names - laravel

Question

I am facing difficulties pushing data from the Controller to the View. Below is my code script.
I created my controller ListController using artisan
php artisan make:controller ListController
ListController - show method
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class ListController extends Controller
{
public function listNames()
{
$names = array(
'Daenerys Targaryen',
'Jon Snow',
'Arya Stark',
'Melisandre',
'Khal Drogo'
);
return view('welcome', ['names' => $names]);
}
}
Created a view welcome.blade.php (which is default)
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
<div class="panel panel-default">
<div class="panel-heading">API DOCUMENTATION</div>
<div class="panel-body">
#foreach ($names as $n)
<p>{{$n}}</p>
#endforeach
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endsection
Then, added the appropriate route for it (routes.php)
<?php
Route::get('/', 'ListController#listNames');
When opening localhost:8000 after running php artisan serve, it throws an Exception
ErrorException in 56f6d37e6c39b528e3f5a170141b734befe0f7a2.php line 14:
Undefined variable: names (View: /Applications/MAMP/.../views/welcome.blade.php)
So far I have tried the following:
In the Controller:
return view('welcome', compact('names')); --> DOESN'T WORK
return view('welcome', $names); --> DOESN'T WORK
return view('welcome')->with($names); --> DOESN'T WORK
return view('welcome')->with('names', $names); --> DOESN'T WORK
Hard coding the array in the view and assigning it a variable works
<?php $names = array('John Snow', 'Arya Stark');?>
<?php foreach ($names as $n):?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $n;?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach;?>
I can't seem to detect the problem. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You should pass variables using an array:
return view('welcome', ['names' => $names]);
Or just:
return view('welcome', compact('names'));
To check it do this in the view:
{{ dd($names) }}

Answer 2

First, pass your variables as Alexey said,
return view('welcome', ['names' => $names]);
And then, on the view, do
#foreach ($names as $n)
<p>This is name {{ $n }}</p>
#endforeach
Documentation here: https://laravel.com/docs/master/blade#displaying-data

Answer 3

Managed to resolve the issue.
After spending so much time looking for the bug, I tried to check if laravel version could have something to do with this. The routes.php doesn't work in Laravel v5.3+ and I was using Laravel v5.4.x.
The routes are available in a directory called routes and so I pasted the code from routes.php to routes/web.php and it worked.
<?php
Route::get('/', 'ListController#listNames');