Laravel5 - how to correctly write route for search query string?

Question

I'm working on an app, where I should be performing search on a table containing users. However, I cannot figure out how to correctly compose the route in order to attach the view with the controller and back. My code is the following: The view:

<form action='{{url(' users')}}' method='GET'>
<input class='form-control' type="text" name="keyword" placeholder="Search for user...">
</form>

The route:

Route::get('users?keyword={$keyword}', 'UsersController@search');

The search() in UsersController:

public function search()
{
    $keyword = Request::get('keyword');

    $users = User::where("username", "LIKE","%$keyword%")
            ->orWhere("firstname", "LIKE", "%$keyword%")
            ->orWhere("lastname", "LIKE", "%$keyword%")
            ->orWhere("email", "LIKE", "%$keyword%")
            ->orWhere("phone", "LIKE", "%$keyword%")->get();

    return view('search', compact('users'));

}

Can someone please tell what would be the correct syntax? Thanks in advance!

Amit Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-15 19:37:25Z

4

Your route should be as:

 Route::get('users', 'UsersController@search');

And in your controller, you can get the query parameter by using get function of the request object, which you are doing already.

You can get the parameter by any of function as:

request()->get('keyword');
request()->input('keyword');
request()->query('keyword');

Update

Add the following import at the top of your file:

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

Then in your controller function inject it as:

public function search(Request $request)
{
    $keyword = $request->input('keyword');
    // or
    $keyword = $request->query('keyword');

    // rest of the code
}

edited Nov 15, 2016 at 19:37

answered Nov 15, 2016 at 19:10

Amit Gupta

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sklrboy Over a year ago

Then it gives the following: Missing argument 1 for get(), called in /Users/eak/Sites/laravel-exercise/app/Http/Controllers/UsersController.php on line 120 and defined.

Amit Gupta Over a year ago

You are using this Request::get('keyword'), right?

sklrboy Over a year ago

Yes, $keyword = Request::get('keyword'); as posted above.

Amit Gupta Over a year ago

Can you try this request()->query('keyword');.

sklrboy Over a year ago

Call to undefined method Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request::query()

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Mohammad Nurul Huda Rimon · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-15 19:18:47Z

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Try this:

  Route::get('users', 'UsersController@search');

controller

public function search(Request $request) {
    $keyword = $request->get('keyword');

    $users = User::where("username", "LIKE","%$keyword%")
            ->orWhere("firstname", "LIKE", "%$keyword%")
            ->orWhere("lastname", "LIKE", "%$keyword%")
            ->orWhere("email", "LIKE", "%$keyword%")
            ->orWhere("phone", "LIKE", "%$keyword%")->get();

    return view('search', compact('users'));
}

answered Nov 15, 2016 at 19:18

Mohammad Nurul Huda Rimon

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sklrboy Over a year ago

I get an error: Call to undefined method Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request::get()

Mohammad Nurul Huda Rimon Over a year ago

@sklrboy use Illuminate\Http\Request; add this after namespace.

sklrboy Over a year ago

Now my problem become, that Route::get('users', 'UsersController@search'); always redirects me to the search results, instead of the users homepage, haha. Should I maybe create another controller, or what's a professional solution in this case?

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