Laravel - How to Implement Search from Controller and View - php

Question

I am using Laravel-5.8 for web application. I have this model class:
class HrEmployee extends Model
{
protected $table = 'hr_employees';
protected $fillable = [
'employee_code',
'address',
'company_id',
'email',
'employment_date',
'first_name',
'last_name',
'local_government_id',
'nationality_id',
'other_name',
'password',
'phone',
'resignation_date',
'is_hod',
'department_id',
];
protected $dates = [
'created_at',
'updated_at',
'date_of_birth',
'employment_date',
'resignation_date',
];
public function company()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Organization\OrgCompany','company_id');
}
public function department()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Organization\OrgDepartment','department_id');
}
public function fullName()
{
return $this->first_name . ' ' . $this->other_name . ' ' . $this->last_name;
}
}
Controller
class HrEmployeesController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
$userCompany = Auth::user()->company_id;
if (Auth::user()->hasRole('Super Admin')) {
$employees = HrEmployee::paginate(6);
} else {
$employees = HrEmployee::where('company_id', $userCompany)->paginate(6);
}
return view('hr.employees.index')->with('employees', $employees);
}
}
view
<table class=" table table-bordered table-striped table-hover datatable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th width="10">
#
</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Employee Code </th>
<th>Designation</th>
<th>Department</th>
<th>Employment Date</th>
<th>Actions</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
#foreach($employees as $key => $employee)
<td>
{{$key+1}}
</td>
<td>
{{$employee->first_name}} {{$employee->last_name}}
</td>
<td>
{{$employee->email}}
</td>
<td>
{{isset($employee->employee_code) ? $employee->employee_code : ''}}
</td>
<td>
{{isset($employee->designation) ? $employee->designation->designation_name : ''}}
</td>
<td>
{{isset($employee->department) ? $employee->department->dept_name : ''}}
</td>
<td>
{{$employee->employment_date ? Carbon\Carbon::parse($employee->employment_date)->format('d-m-Y') : 'N/A' }}
</tr>
#endforeach
</tbody>
</table>
I want the users to be able to search by Name (first_name and last_name) - textbox, department - dropdownlist and employee_code - textbox. When the user is done, he clicks on submit button, then the result is displayed.
How do I implement this from both controller and view.
Thank you.

Answer 1

you can add $request var or just use $_GET on index function to get param/query of search and use where "LIKE" to filter your data
make form in your view
<form action="">
<div class="input-group col-md-4">
<input type="text" name="s" class="form-control" value="{{ $_GET['s'] ?? '' }}" placeholder="Search something...">
<span class="input-group-btn">
<button class="btn btn-default" type="submit">Search!</button>
</span>
</div>
</form>
and your controller on index function
$s = ($_GET['s']??'');
$employees = HrEmployee::where(function($q){
$q->where('first_name','LIKE','%'.$s.'%')->orWhere('last_name','LIKE','%'.$s.'%');
})->paginate(10)->appends($_GET);

Answer 2

I try to give you code that i always do,
in your blade add this code
{{ Form::open(['action'=> 'HrEmployeesController#search', 'method'=>'POST']) }}
<label>Barcode : {{Form::text('FirstName','',['class'=>'form-control', ])}} </label>
{{Form::submit('Submit',['class'=>'btn btn-primary btn-sm button'])}}
{{Form::close()}}
while in your controller add search fuction
public function search(Request $request)
{
//
$employees = HrEmployee::where('first_name','like',"%".$request->input('FirstName')."%")->paginate(6)
return view('hr.employees.index')->with('employees', $employees);
}
and add it to your web.php
Route::post('employees/Search','HrEmployeesController#search');
You can understand the idea i give and hope it help