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Laravel5SimpleSiteSearchBar
SomethingthatIvebeenworkingonrecentlyonthesite
isthesearchbarfunctionalitywhichallowspeopleto
effectivelysearcheverythrougheveryarticleonthesite
tofindonethatwillhelpthemthemost.InthistutorialIll
bedocumentingafewofthewaysthatyoucan
implementasimplefullsitesearchusingLaravel5.

Requirements
Inordertocompletethistutorialyou'llhavetosetup
yourlaravel5projecttousetheformfacade.Addthisto
yourcomposer.jsonfile:
"require":{
"laravelcollective/html":"~5.0"
}

Andthenrunthefollowingcomposercommand.
composerupdate

Finallywehavetoaddittoourboththealiasesarray
andtheprovidersarrayfoundinconfig/app.php
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'providers'=>[
....
'Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider',
....
],
'aliases'=>[
....
'Form'=>'Collective\Html\FormFacade',
'Html'=>'Collective\Html\HtmlFacade',
....
],

CreatingtheForm
Togetthingsstartedwearegoingtoneedtocreatea
formthatwillallowustoinputoursearches.

{!!Form::open(array('route'=>'queries.search,'class'=>'formnavbarformna
{!!Form::text('search',null,
array('required',
'class'=>'formcontrol',

'placeholder'=>'Searchforatutorial...'))!!}
{!!Form::submit('Search',
array('class'=>'btnbtndefault'))!!}
{!!Form::close()!!}

CreatingourRoutes:
ThewayIveimplementedthesearchfunctionroutein
myprojectistouseaRouteresourceasImgoingtobe
storingthequeriesfurtherdownthelineinordertoget

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suggestionsfornewarticles.Openupyourroutes.php
fileandaddthefollowingroute:
Route::resource('queries','QueryController');

AddingSearchFunctionalitytoourQueryController
Sonowwevecreatedaformandupdatedour
routes.phpfilewecanaddthesearchfunctionalitytoour
controller.CreateanewfunctionthattakesinaRequest
andcallitsearch,likeso:
publicfunctionsearch(Request$request)

{
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//Getsthequerystringfromourformsubmission
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$query=Request::input('search');

//Returnsanarrayofarticlesthathavethequerystringlocatedsomewher

//ourarticlestitles.Paginatesthemsowecanbreakuplotsofsearchre

$articles=DB::table('articles')>where('title','LIKE','%'.$query.'%

//returnsaviewandpassestheviewthelistofarticlesandtheoriginal
returnview('page.search',compact('articles','query'));
}

Thatsallweneedforverysimplisticsearchfunctionality
butnowweneedtobeabletoseetheseresults.

CreatingourSearchbladeTemplate
Wevealreadysetupourroutessobutcurrentlyit
doesnthaveatemplateitcanusesowellimplement
thatnow.Createanewfolderwithinyour
resources/viewsfoldercalledpageandthencreate
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search.blade.phpwithinthatfolder.Thiswillbethe
templatethatwillbeusedwheneverwewanttolistour
results.Imgoingtoassumeyouvegotan
app.blade.phpalreadyimplementedwithsectionsfor
content.
@if(count($articles)===0)
...htmlshowingnoarticlesfound
@elseif(count($articles)>=1)
...printoutresults
@foreach($articlesas$article)
printarticle
@endforeach
@endif

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Thatshouldbeeverythingyouneedforasimplefullsite
searchwithlaravel5.IfyoufeelIvemissedanythingor
requirefurtherexplanationsthenpleaseletmeknowin
thecommentssectionbelow!

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TasminAfrozTannee9daysago

publicfunctionsearch(Request$request)
whydidyoudothis?Imeanyoudidnotuse$requestfarther.

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Mod >TasminAfrozTannee 8daysago

Goodspot,Iguessit'sunnecessary.It'sredundantifyouwillbe
usingtheRequest::inputfunction.

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Hello..Havetherebeenanyupdatestothis?Itriedusingthisbutcouldnot
getittowork.Anyhelpwouldbemuchappreciated.

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ElliotForbes

Mod >afonte 15daysago

canIaskwhatwasn'tworking?Bearinmindthisarticlewas
writtenusingLaravel5.2atthetime.

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afonte>ElliotForbes 12daysago

Iamusingthelaravelcollectiveformyform.Iamalsousing
RouteResource...whenIaddedthe
Route::resource('queries','QueryController')itdidnot
recognizeit.ButIdidn'tmakeaseparateControllerfor
"QueryController".IwillmakeaQueryControllerandtestit
outagain.IonlyhaveonetablesoIwasoriginallyjusttrying
tocreateasearchfunctionbutcouldnotgetthattowork.I
amusingLaravel5.2.

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ElliotForbes

Mod >afonte 12daysago

Ok,soifyouareusingQueryControllerinyour
routesfilethenyouabsolutelyhavetocreatedthe
QueryControllerusingphpartisanmake:controller
QueryController.
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Isuspectthisisthereasonyourcodeisfailing.

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