Laravel Controller - Pass a variable from function to function - php

Question

So I have two functions named 'search' and 'pdfview'.
Every time I use the search function, I want to pass a query where it selects certain data to the pdfview function.
Here's my search function:
public function search(Request $request)
{
if ($request->period == 'Daily') {
$datefrom = Carbon::now()->startOfDay();
$dateto = Carbon::now()->endOfDay();
}
elseif ($request->period == 'Weekly') {
$datefrom = Carbon::now()->startOfWeek();
$dateto = Carbon::now()->endOfWeek();
}
elseif ($request->period == 'Monthly') {
$datefrom = Carbon::now()->startOfMonth();
$dateto = Carbon::now()->endOfMonth();
}
elseif ($request->period == 'Yearly') {
$datefrom = Carbon::now()->startOfYear();
$dateto = Carbon::now()->endOfYear();
}
else {
$datefrom = Carbon::parse($request->datefrom);
$dateto = Carbon::parse($request->dateto);
}
$solditems = DB::table('orders')
// ->join('orders', 'receipts.receipt_id', '=', 'orders.receipt_id')
->whereDate('orders.created_at', '>=', $datefrom)
->whereDate('orders.created_at', '<=', $dateto)
->where('status','=', 'served')
->select('orders.*', DB::raw('SUM(subtotal) as subtotal'), DB::raw('SUM(qty) as qty'))
->groupBy('item_id')
->orderBy('created_at', 'dsc')
->get();
return view('salesreports.sellingitems.index', compact('solditems'));
}
And here's my pdfview function:
public function pdfview(Request $request)
{
$solditems = DB::table('orders')
->where('status', 'served')
->select('orders.*', DB::raw('SUM(subtotal) as subtotal'), DB::raw('SUM(qty) as qty'))
->groupBy('item_id')
->orderBy('qty', 'dsc')
->get();
view()->share('solditems', $solditems);
if ($request->has('download')) {
$pdf = PDF::loadView('salesreports.sellingitems.pdf');
return $pdf->download('sellingitems-' . Carbon::now() . '.pdf');
}
return view('salesreports.sellingitems.pdf');
}
As you can see, the pdfview function has a default query for the $solditems. But I wanted that variable to come from my search function.
UPDATE: I managed to solve the problem using session.
Here's how you store with session:
session()->put('period', 'Daily');
and this is how you retrieve with session:
$period = $request->session()->get('period', 'default');

Answer 1

public function getSolditems()
{
if (!isset($this->solditems)) {
$solditems = DB::table('orders')
// ->join('orders', 'receipts.receipt_id', '=', 'orders.receipt_id')
->whereDate('orders.created_at','>=', $datefrom)
->whereDate('orders.created_at', '<=', $dateto)
->where('status','=', 'served')
->select('orders.*', DB::raw('SUM(subtotal) as subtotal'), DB::raw('SUM(qty) as qty'))
->groupBy('item_id')
->orderBy('created_at','dsc')
->get();
$this->solditems = $solditems;
} else {
$solditems = $this->solditems;
}
return $solditems;
}
public function search(Request $request)
{
....
$solditems = getSolditems();
....
}
public function pdfview(Request $request)
{
....
$solditems = getSolditems();
....
}

Answer 2

I think you can use $request->merge() method to pass $solditems data to pdfview() method from search()
public function search(Request $request)
{
....
$request->merge(['solditems'=>$solditems]);
$this->pdfview()
}
public function pdfview(Request $request)
{
$solditems = $request->get('solditems');
....
}