How to filter with URL parameters in Laravel 4?

Question

Let's say I'm paginating a list of items, and want to filter them by the first letter, my URL would be something like myURL.com/items?sortBy=C&page=2, this would return me the page 2 of the items that start with C. (Pagination is already working)

My question is, how do I retrieve the sortBy=C? And how the routes.php, and the controller would look like?

Damien Pirsy · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-01 19:16:51Z

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You can simply use the Input::get(), it takes the query string into consideration.

So, in your controller:

$letter = Input::get('sortBy');

You don't have to worry about your routes or your controller (I mean, you don't have to pass extra variables or check segments).

Example:

Route::get('items', array('as' => 'items', 'uses' => 'ItemsControllers@items'));

function items()
{
  $sort = Input::get('sortBy');

  // OR, if you want, you can check first for the index:
  if (Input::has('sortBy')) {
   $sort = Input::get('sortBy');
  }
}

answered Jun 1, 2014 at 19:16

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Mathius17 Over a year ago

Oh, wow, didn't know Input::get() worked like that, thought it'd only work with the inputs inside forms, Thanks!

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