Non-noob way to fetch data in Laravel with jQuery - php

Question

I'm rebuilding an application in Laravel and currently use the following code, I guess this would be called AJAX.
$('.date').change(function () {
var date = $('.date').val();
$('#date_summary').html(date);
if (date == "") {
$('#date_summary').html('Choose your service date...');
} else if ($.trim(date) !== '') {
$.get('/calendar.php', {
date: date
}, function (data) {
var data = data.toString();
$('#date_data').html(data);
});
}
});
$('.calendar').trigger('change');
To fetch this code:
if ( isset($_GET['date']) === true && empty($_GET['date']) === false ) {
global $db;
$date = $_GET['date'];
$query = "select * from appointments where Day = :date";
$statement = $db->prepare($query);
$statement->bindValue(':date', $date);
$statement->execute();
$result = $statement->fetch();
$statement->closeCursor();
$eight_to_nine = $result['8AM_9AM'];
$nine_to_ten = $result['9AM_10AM'];
$ten_to_eleven = $result['10AM_11AM'];
$eleven_to_twelve = $result['11AM_12PM'];
$twelve_to_one = $result['12PM_1PM'];
$one_to_two = $result['1PM_2PM'];
$two_to_three = $result['2PM_3PM'];
$three_to_four = $result['3PM_4PM'];
$four_to_five = $result['4PM_5PM'];
$five_to_six = $result['5PM_6PM'];
$six_to_seven = $result['6PM_7PM'];
if ($eight_to_nine != 1) {
echo "<option value='8AM_9AM'>8:00AM - 9:00AM</option>";
}
if ($nine_to_ten != 1) {
echo "<option value='9AM_10AM'>9:00AM - 10:00AM</option>";
}
if ($ten_to_eleven != 1) {
echo "<option value='10AM_11AM'>10:00AM - 11:00AM</option>";
}
if ($eleven_to_twelve != 1) {
echo "<option value='11AM_12PM'>11:00AM - 12:00PM</option>";
}
if ($twelve_to_one != 1) {
echo "<option value='12PM_1PM'>12:00PM - 1:00PM</option>";
}
if ($one_to_two != 1) {
echo "<option value='1PM_2PM'>1:00PM - 2:00PM</option>";
}
if ($two_to_three != 1) {
echo "<option value='2PM_3PM'>2:00PM - 3:00PM</option>";
}
if ($three_to_four != 1) {
echo "<option value='3PM_4PM'>3:00PM - 4:00PM</option>";
}
if ($four_to_five != 1) {
echo "<option value='4PM_5PM'>4:00PM - 5:00PM</option>";
}
if ($five_to_six != 1) {
echo "<option value='5PM_6PM'>5:00PM - 6:00PM</option>";
}
if ($six_to_seven != 1) {
echo "<option value='6PM_7PM'>6:00PM - 7:00PM</option>";
}
}
My question is, is there a more elegant way to do this in Laravel? I'm just trying to implement what are considered best practices. Off the top of my head, I think this would be considered something like an API? Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

If you are asking about a better way to do this in Laravel, then surely configuring API will be a prominent way to do that.
Simply configure API routes, and in the Controller method use the Laravel Eloquent ORMs to have the Database transactions.
Then finally call the routes in your AJAX request and wait for the response. Then do the final operations based on the returned response from Laravel.