How to view data based on date range using laravel and mysql - php

Question

Route:
Route::post('dategraph','Chatbot\TrackerController#dategraph');
Controller:
public function dategraph(Request $request)
{
$dategraph = DiraStatistics::all()->whereBetween('date_access', [$from, $to])->get();
$dates = $dategraph('date_access');
return view('AltHr.Chatbot.graph', compact('dates'));
}
View:
<form id="form-project" role="form" action="{{action('AltHr\Chatbot\TrackerController#dategraph')}}" autocomplete="off" method="POST">
{{csrf_field()}}
<!-- <canvas id="myChart" width="150" height="50"></canvas> -->
<div class="form-group-attached">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-6">
<div class="form-group form-group-default required" >
<label>From</label>
<input type="date" class="form-control" name="from" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-6">
<div class="form-group form-group-default required" >
<label>To</label>
<input type="date" class="form-control" name="to">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<button class="btn alt-btn-black btn-xs alt-btn pull-right" type="submit">Next</button>
</form>
Hi guys, so im trying to view the data from the selected dates as the code ive written. But im getting an error. Did i write it correctly? or am i missing something?

Answer 1

You do not have a $from variable.
You need to pull out posted variables from the request.
The method get() will return a Collection of objects. You can, for example, turn it to a flat array by plucking the column and turning it toArray()
$dategraph = DiraStatistics::whereBetween(
'date_access',
[
$request->get('from'),
$request->get('to')
]
)->get();
$dates = $dategraph->pluck('date_access')->toArray();