In laravel, I needed to dynamically get the name of the current controller for use in the view. I ended up with this solution that I'm not completely happy with. Can anybody recommend any way to clean this code up?

In app/helpers/ViewHelper.php

<?php namespace helpers;

use Illuminate\Routing\Router;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class ViewHelper {

  protected $route;

  function __construct(Router $route) {
    $this->route = $route;
  }

  function current_controller_name() {
    //This returns a string like 'UsersController@edit'
    $route = $this->route->getCurrentRoute()->getOptions()['_uses'];
    // The sub-string before 'Controller'
    $controller = substr($route,0,strpos($route, 'Controller'));
    $controller = strtolower($controller);
    return Str::plural($controller);
  }
}

And in the view:

<?php $controller_name = (new ViewHelper($app['router']))->current_controller_name() ?>
<link rel='stylesheet' href="/assets/<?=$controller_name?>.js") />

The call you have to make in the view feels a bit tedious. Maybe there's another package I can use instead to accomplish the same thing?

I was thinking it might be better to extend the Router class directly, although I'm not sure what that might look like.(or if its a good idea)