Implementing Search with Laravel

Question

I was trying to implement search with laravel where i want to submit the form with post method and trying to show the query like this .

abc.com/search/q=res

Here is my routes :

Route::post('productSearch','ProductController@productSearch');
  Route::get('search/q={query}','ProductController@searchProduct');

public function productSearch(Request $request)
    {
        $query = $request->name; 
        return redirect('search/q='.$query);
    }

    public  function searchProduct(Request $request)
    {
        $name = $request->query;
        $products = DB::table('products')           
            ->select('products.*')              
            ->where('products.name' , 'like', '%'.$name.'%') //Error in this line   

        return view('product',compact('products'));
    }

But the problem is it shows the following Error

Object of class Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ParameterBag could not be converted to string

How do i implement search where in URL in shows in this way?

rikardo_paiva · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-26 05:41:58Z

1

Define your route with Route::get('search','ProductController@searchProduct');

In the function use $params = Input::get('q'); to get a variable.

Example to request search?q=name

public  function searchProduct(Request $request)
    {
        $name = Input::get('q');
        // or this option  
        //$name = $request->input('q');
        $products = DB::table('products')           
            ->select('products.*')              
            ->where('products.name' , 'like', '%'.$name.'%') //Error in this line   

        return view('product',compact('products'));
    }

Or define your route Route::get('search/{search}','ProductController@searchProduct');

In the function use public function searchProduct($search)to get the variable $search

Example to request abc.com/search/xxxxxxxx

public function productSearch(Request $request)
    {
        $query = $request->name; 
        return redirect('search/'.$query);
    }
public  function searchProduct($search)
    {
        $products = DB::table('products')           
            ->select('products.*')              
            ->where('products.name' , 'like', '%'.$search.'%');   

        return view('product',compact('products'));
    }

edited Aug 26, 2017 at 5:41

answered Aug 26, 2017 at 5:15

rikardo_paiva

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2 Comments

User57 Over a year ago

when i tried with the second option, the Query doesn't work, means it showing all products data

rikardo_paiva Over a year ago

@U Use the second form I've posted, and verify that function productSearch is getting $request->name

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