Search data from database in textbox to display - Laravel - php

Question

my problem is i cannot search and cannot disply the values in my texboxes.
what i want is to search the id of each user and display its data to my textbox
How can I do this on this video This Video in Laravel?
as of now I have this
here is my page
View
{!! Form::open(['action' => 'Admin\EmployeeFilemController#search', 'method' => 'POST', 'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data']) !!}
<input type="text" name="id" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter ID to Search"><br>
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-md" name="search" value="Search Data">
{!! Form::close() !!}
Controller
public function search(Request $request){
$output = "";
$employees = DB::table('employeefms')->where('id')->get();
return redirect('/admin/employeemaintenance');
}
my View Inputs
<div class="form-group col-md-2">
{{Form::label('employee_no', 'Employee No.')}}
{{Form::text('employee_no', '',['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Employee No.'])}}
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
{{Form::label('last_name', 'Last Name')}}
{{Form::text('last_name', '',['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Last Name'])}}
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
{{Form::label('first_name', 'First Name')}}
{{Form::text('first_name', '',['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'First Name'])}}
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
{{Form::label('middle_name', 'Middle Name')}}
{{Form::text('middle_name', '',['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Middle Name'])}}
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
{{Form::label('nick_name', 'Nick Name')}}
{{Form::text('nick_name', '',['class' => 'form-control', 'placeholder' => 'Nick Name'])}}
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

You don't seem to pass the id entered by the user in your controller function.
$employees = DB::table('employeefms')->where('id')->get();
You may have to do the following changes
$input = $request->all();
$id = $input['id']
// $employees = DB::table('employeefms')->where('id', $id)->get();
// actually, if 'id' is the primary key, you should be doing
$employee = DB::table('employeefms')->find($id);
// now pass the data to the view where you want to display the record
// like so
return view('name_of_view', compact('employee'));
Then, use Laravel's Form-Model binding
{!! Form::model($employee,
['action' => ['Admin\EmployeeFilemController#update', $employee->id],
'method' => 'patch' // or whatever method you have defined
]) !!}
// your form fields specified above will go here
{!! Form::close() !!}