Using Laravel - Php pass input value to URL - php

Question

My purpose is to get the input value to action url form.
Html:
<form method="POST" action="/search/the/{{$request->find}}">
{{csrf_field()}}
<div id="check" class="input-group margin-bottom-sm">
<input class="form-control" type="text" name="find" placeholder="Search">
<button type="submit"><div id="search" class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></div></button>
</div>
</form>
Routes:
Route::post('/search/the/{names}', 'maincontroller#search');
Route::get('/tfind', 'maincontroller#takefind');
Controller:
public function search($names, Request $request)
{
//dd($request->find);
$names = $request->input('find');
if(!empty($names)){
$find = DB::table('products')
->select('name', 'description', 'price')
->where('name', 'LIKE', '%' . $names . '%')
->orwhere('description', 'LIKE', '%' . $names . '%')
->orwhere('price', 'LIKE', '%' . $names . '%')
->get();
}
return view('layouts.search', compact('find', 'names'));
}
public function takefind(Request $request)
{
$names = $request->input('find');
return view('layouts.find', compact('names'));
}
When I put manually the wildcard key it works (for example):
<form method="POST" action="/search/the/5">
first put number 5 in text field and press enter it works!
But I want a dynamic way for this!
My main purpose of this is to convert this URL
http://localhost:8000/search/the/?find=5
to this
http://localhost:8000/search/the/5

Answer 1

Normally laravel using url query like http://localhost:8000/search/the/?find=5. But if you want to get url like http://localhost:8000/search/the/5. You should use javascript to change form action url instead. because you want to change url by input text on text field.

Answer 2

You set names as named route in routes.php. So you will need to replace this
<form method="POST" action="/search/the/5">
with
<form method="POST" action="{{route('/search/the', ['names' => 5])}}">
with variable
<form method="POST" action="{{route('/search/the', ['names' => $request->find])}}">