How to Pass Data From One View to Another in Laravel? - php

Question

I am quite new to Laravel
I have two views
Book
Read
The Book View displays a single book
<section class="cont-readingone">
<div class="container">
<div class="row row-grid">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="cont-reading-image">
<img src="{{ $book->image_url }}" alt="trending image" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="out-box">
<h2>{{ $book->name }}</h2>
<h3>{{ $book->author->name }}</h3>
<br>
Start Reading<br><br>
<img src="\images\cart-buy.png" width="13px"/> Buy
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
In my controller, I was able to achieve it using
public function show(Book $book) {
$relatedBooks = Book::where('author_id', $book->author_id)
->where('id', '!=', $book->id)
->get();
return view('book')->with('book', $book)->with('relatedBooks', $relatedBooks);
}
In my web.php
Route::get('/books/{book}', [BooksController::class, 'show'])->name('book');
What I am trying to achieve is that, when I click Start Reading on
the Single Book Page, it takes me to another view page (Read) but it takes the book id that I clicked.
In the Read View I have this code,
<script>
"use strict";
document.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (document.readyState == "complete") {
window.reader = ePubReader("{{ $book->epub_url }}", {
restore: true
});
}
};
</script>
My problem is that I don't know how to take the id of the book that I
click and Pass it to the Read View
I will be glad if someone can explain the logic to me as I am confused.

Answer 1

To do via POST
//Book View
//change Start Reading to
<form action="{{ route("your.route.to.read") }}" method="POST">
#csrf
<input name="book_id " value ={{$book->id}} hidden>
<button type="submit">Start Reading</button>
</form>
//your Route will be
Route::get('/read',YourReadController#yourFunction)->name('your.route.to.read');
//your controller will be
public function yourFunction(Request $request)
{
//book id is in $$request->book_id
//your operation here
return view('read')->with('data',$dataYouWantToSend);
}
To do via GET
//Book View
//change Start Reading<br><br> to
Start Reading
//route for get will be
Route::get('/read/{book_id}',YourReadController#yourFunction)->name('your.route.to.read');
//your countroller will be
public function yourFunction($book_id)
{
//book id is in $book_id
//your operation here
return view('read')->with('data',$dataYouWantToSend);
}