Laravel Searchbar Class 'products' not found / ProductController#? - php

Question

I am an Laravel beginnner and try now to build an Simple Searchbar on my site.
But I get this error:
Class 'products' not found
Can someone tell me please what I have forget in my Controllers?
Search form on Index:
<ul class="searchbar">
<form action="/search" class="light" method="POST" role="search">
{{ csrf_field() }}
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="q" placeholder="Find your item" />
<input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>
search.blade.php:
#extends('master.main')
#if(Auth::check())
#section('main-content')
#component('master.notification')
#slot('size')
col-md-8 col-md-offset-2
#endslot
#slot('title')
Product Search
#endslot
<div class="container">
#if(isset($products))
<h2>Product Search</h2>
<table class="table table-striped">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Product</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
#foreach($products as $dummy)
<tr>
<td>{{$dummy->name}}</td>
<td>{{$dummy->description}}</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
</tbody>
</table>
{!! $products->render() !!}#endif
</div>
<div class="container">
#if(isset($details))
<p> The Search results for <b> {{ $query }} </b> are :</p>
<h2>Product Search</h2>
<table class="table table-striped">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Product</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
#foreach($details as $products)
<tr>
<td>{{$products->name}}</td>
<td>{{$products->description}}</td>
</tr>
#endforeach
</tbody>
</table>
#if($details){!! $details->render() !!}#endif
#elseif(isset($message))
<p>{{ $message }}</p>
#endif
</div>
#endcomponent
#stop
#endif
web.php:
Route::get ( '/', function () {
$mydatabase = products::paginate(25);
return view ( 'search' )->withproducts($mydatabase);
} );
Route::any ( '/search', function () {
$q = Input::get ( 'q' );
if($q != ""){
$products = products::where ( 'name', 'LIKE', '%' . $q . '%' )->orWhere ( 'description', 'LIKE', '%' . $q . '%' )->paginate (5)->setPath ( '' );
$pagination = $products->appends ( array (
'q' => Input::get ( 'q' )
) );
if (count ( $products ) > 0)
return view ( 'search' )->withDetails ( $products )->withQuery ( $q );
}
return view ( 'search' )->withMessage ( 'No Products found. Try to search again !' );
} );
The error comes from:
Route::get ( '/', function () {
$mydatabase = products::paginate(25);
How is products or Product::paginate defined or must I use in web.php the ProductController#...? Yes, I have found out its not my database table products ;) I think Product instead of products are correct, right?
/App/Product.php:
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Storage;
class Product extends Model
{
public function category(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\Category');
}
public function seller(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
public function buyer(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
public function bids(){
return $this->hasMany('App\Bid');
}
public function purchases(){
return $this->hasMany('App\Purchase');
}
}

Answer 1

you must add (import your class products) in the begin of your controller (web.php for your case)
use namespace\products
replace namespace by your namespace(the path of the class products) exemple: \app
is better to use a controller ProductController and redefined yours functions

Answer 2

If your products model is Product then you have typo in your code.
Route::get ( '/', function () {
$mydatabase = Products::paginate(25);
return view ( 'search' )->withproducts($mydatabase);
} );
You have a typo in your code change products::paginate to Product::paginate()
Hope this helps

Answer 3

Try replacing products::paginate with \App\products::paginate?
Laravel is namespaced, therefore it cannot find a class just by the correct name.

Answer 4

Laravel 5 promotes the use of namespaces for things like Models and Controllers. Your Model is under the App namespace, so your code needs to call it like this:
Route::get('/', function(){
$myDatabase= \App\Products::paginate(25);
});

Answer 5

Solved! Big Thanks guys for your Help!
I have just must added
use App\Product;
to my web.php file and works great!