Retrieving Values from mysql table in laravel - php

Question

my MessageController is as follows:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Message;
class MessageController extends Controller
{
public function CreateMessage(Request $request)
{
$meso = new Message();
$meso->body = $request['body'];
$meso->subject = $request['subject'];
$request->user()->messages()->save($meso) ;
return redirect()->route('mail');
}
public function getmailbox()
{
$message = Message::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->get();
return view('dashboard', ['messages' => $message]);
}
}
and i am trying to retrieve the messages here in my mail.blade.php:
<table class="table table-inbox table-hover">
<tbody>
#foreach($messages as $message)
<tr class="unread">
<td class="inbox-small-cells">
<input type="checkbox" class="mail-checkbox">
</td>
<td class="inbox-small-cells"><i class="fa fa-star"></i></td>
<td class="view-message dont-show">Facebook</td>
<td class="view-message view-message"><p>{{ $message->body }}</p></td>
<td class="view-message inbox-small-cells"><i class="fa fa-paperclip"></i></td>
<td class="view-message text-right">feb 14</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
#endforeach
</table>
However this is the result i get from that query :
ErrorException in ed6d9659a06e690c67323133798cd26570bdc7a9.php line 200:
Undefined variable: messages (View: C:\xampp\htdocs\dating\resources\views\mail.blade.php)
Any help here

Answer 1

Laravel 5
Change the function structure :
public function CreateMessage(Request $request)
{
$meso = new Message();
$meso->body = $request['body'];
$meso->subject = $request['subject'];
$meso->save();
//$request->user()->messages()->save($meso) ;
/**
* You can get the last inserted ID
*
* If your message table having primaty key column name is id
*/
// $last_insert_id = $meso->id;
return redirect()->route('mail');
}
public function getmailbox()
{
$message = Message::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->get();
return view('mail', ['messages' => $message]);
}