Vfrdtyky

I'm new to Laravel and have some understanding problems how can I implement a search function to my app.

What I have tried so far.

I created a model that gets the data from the db (this is working)

class Post extends Model

{

    public static function scopeSearch($query, $searchTerm)

    {

        return $query->where('city', 'like', '%' .$searchTerm. '%')

                     ->orWhere('name', 'like', '%' .$searchTerm. '%');

    }

}

My controller looks like this:

use AppPost;



    class PostsController extends Controller

    {

        public function index(Request $request) 

        {

            $searchTerm = $request->input('searchTerm');

            $posts = Post::all()

            ->search($searchTerm);

            return view('posts.index', compact('posts', 'searchTerm'));

        }



       public function show($id)

       {

           $post = Post::find($id);

           return view('posts.show', compact('post'));

       }

    }

With php artisan tinker the model is working. I'm getting the db query.

On the front-end I have a simple input field with a submit button:

<div class="container">

    <div class="col-sm-8">

        <form action="posts.index" method="GET">

            {{csrf_field()}}

            <div class="input-group">

                <input type="text" class="form-control" name="searchTerm" placeholder="Search for..." value="{{ isset($searchTerm) ? $searchTerm : '' }}">

                <span class="input-group-btn">

                    <button class="btn btn-secondary" type="submit">Search</button>

                </span>

            </div>

        </form>

    </div>

</div>

But, now, how can I retrieve the data from the controller if I input something in the search input field? The code is only working when I get all the posts. I need to include somehow the serachTerm from the controller

@extends('layouts.master')



@section('content')

<div class="col-sm-8 blog-main">

    @foreach($posts as $post)

        <div class="card" style="margin-bottom: 10px">

            <div class="card-block">

                <h3 class="card-title">{{ $post->Name1 }}</h3>

                <small>Created at: {{ $post->created_at->toFormattedDateString() }}</small>

                <p class="card-text">With supporting text below as a natural lead-in to additional content.</p>

                <a href="{{$post->id}}" class="btn btn-primary">Details</a>

            </div>

        </div>

    @endforeach



</div>

@endsection

Check this:

$posts = Post::search($searchTerm)->get();

Firstly you need to install laravel scout

Use: composer require laravel/scout

Next you need to publish the Scout configuration using the vendor:publish command. This command will publish the scout.php to your config directory.

Here is the command: php artisan vendor:publish --provider="LaravelScoutScoutServiceProvider"

Last step would be LaravelScoutSearchable trait to the model you would like to make searchable.

Then its simple for use as: NameOfModel::search($searchText)->get();

You are trying to get all record and then applying your scope function, rather then get all records just try:

$searchTerm = $request->input('searchTerm');

$posts = Post::search($searchTerm);

return view('posts.index', compact('posts', 'searchTerm'));

Laravel makes it really easy to do searches, as well as custom searches like live results, and etc. Just make sure to throttle your HTTP requests on the front end.

/**

 * Get a breed by name (returns similar results)

 * @param $term

 * @return IlluminateHttpJsonResponse

 */

public function getBreedByName($term)

{

    // Find an Breed by name

    $matchedTerm = Breed::where('text', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%')->get();

    return response()->json($matchedTerm);

}

Then create a reference to that controller and method in your routes. In my case, I used the following in /routes/api.php

Route::get('/breeds/search/{term}', 'BreedsController@getBreedByName');

I hope this is helpful! Let me know if you have any questions or if this didn't cover your question.