Controller - Search System Laravel 5.6 - php

Question

I would like to create a search system on Laravel 5.6.
My real problem is the function "search" to create in my Controller...
I have a table named clubs and I want to get the name_club only.
In my index.blade.php I have this
<form action="/search" method="get">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="search" class="form-control">
<span class="input-group-prepend">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Search</button>
</span>
</div>
</form>
In my ClubController I have this
public function index()
{
$clubs = Club::oldest()->paginate(5);
return view('admin.index', compact('clubs'))
->with('i', (request()->input('page', 1)-1)*5);
}
For my function search() I don't know the syntax... I don't really understand how to integrate my pagination and the "name_club" field in my search function
public function search(Request $request)
{
$search = $request->get('search');
}
Route
Route::resource('/admin', 'ClubController');
Route::resource('/search','ClubController#search');
Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

You can paginate any regular query:
$search = $request->get('search');
$clubs = Club::oldest()
->where('name_club', 'like', "%$search%")
->paginate(5);
For more advanced searches I would recommend using Laravel Scout. Then it becomes something like this:
$search = $request->get('search');
$clubs = Club::search($search)->paginate(5);