Laravel - Request Null - php

Question

I'm trying to request the $year off my form in my show method but it's returning null. I'm logging time entries and I want to query the times by years like this: $times = Time::where('user_id', $id)->whereYear('start_day', $request->year)->get();. This query works inside of my getReports method, but not in my show method which Is where I want it to work. If I dd($request->all()) inside of my show method It just returns an empty array. I'm not sure how to fix this, I believe it has to do with my route getReport. Is there a way to pass those values into the show method? I just need the $request->year to work so I can query properly.
Routes:
Route::resource('admin/reports', 'Admin\ReportController', [ 'as' => 'admin'])->middleware('admin');
Route::post('admin/reports/getReport', 'Admin\ReportController#getReport')->name('admin.getReport')->middleware('admin');
Form POST:
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('admin.getReport') }}">
Controller:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use App\Http\Helper\ReportHelper;
use App\Time;
use App\User;
use App\Category;
use App\Offtime;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Auth;
use Date;
use PDF;
use Session;
class ReportController extends Controller
{
public function create() {
$users = User::all();
$times = Time::all();
$years = array();
$length_times = count($times);
for($i=0;$i<$length_times;$i++){
$year = Carbon::parse($times[$i]->start_day)->format('Y');
array_push($years, $year);
}
$years = array_unique($years);
return view('admin.report.create', compact('users', 'years'));
}
public function show($id, Request $request) {
$user = User::find($id);
if (!$user) {
return false;
}
$times = Time::where('user_id', $id)->get();
return view ('admin.report.show', compact('user','times')
}
public function getReport(Request $request) {
$form_user = $request->form_user;
$year = $request->year;
if (!$form_user) {
return abort(404);
}
$user = User::find($form_user);
if ($user) {
return redirect()->route('admin.reports.show', $user->id);
}
return abort(404);
}
}

Answer 1

For default show uses GET method and you are trying to make a POST.
getReport you defined as post, that's why it's working.
More information about route resource
https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/controllers

Answer 2

In this case, I prefer to use Route Model Binding
public function show(User $user) {
$times = Time::where('user_id', $user->id)->get();
return view ('admin.report.show', compact('user','times')
}
This will handel if the user does not exist.