Full text search in laravel 4 across multiple tables - php

Question

I have a project which I am working on which requires full text searching on multiple tables in a database. I found a useful tutorial here:
http://creative-punch.net/2013/12/implementing-laravel-4-full-text-search
I have got it to work on one table, but now wish to extend to more than one. The issue I am having is that; if duplicate what is there for the remainder of the tables, when I hit submit, how do I get the button to check more than one controller ? or modify existing controller to check multiple tables ?
code
default view form
<div class="search">
{{ Form::model(null, array('route' => array('search'))) }}
{{ Form::text('query', null, array( 'placeholder' => 'Search query...' )) }}
{{ Form::submit('Search') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
</div>
returned view
<div class="search">
{{ Form::model(null, array('route' => array('search'))) }}
{{ Form::text('query', null, array( 'placeholder' => 'Search query...' )) }}
{{ Form::submit('Search') }}
#foreach($posts as $post)
<li>{{ $post->instance_id }}</li>
<li>{{ $post->instance_type }}</li>
<li>{{ $post->availability_zone }}</li>
<li>{{ $post->status_checks }}</li>
<li>{{ $post->alarm_status }}</li>
<li>{{ $post->public_dns }}</li>
<li>{{ $post->key_name }}</li>
#endforeach
{{ Form::close() }}
</div>
controller class
<?php
class PostsController extends BaseController {
public function postSearch(){
$q = Input::get('query');
$posts = ec2_instance::whereRaw("MATCH(instance_id,instance_type,availability_zone, status_checks,alarm_status, public_dns, key_name ) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE)",
array($q))->get();
View::share('posts', $posts);
return View::make('ec2_instance', compact('posts'));
}
}
?>
my initial thought is to modify the controller such that you add :
$ip_address = public_ip::whereRaw("MATCH(ip_address) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE)",
array($q))->get();'
then in the view add
#foreach($ip_address as $ip)
<li>{{ $ip->ip_address}}</li>
#endforeach
however variable ip_address could not be found

Answer 1

I was returning 2 views which is not possible do as per my initial thoughts ensuring you only return 1 view ie
$posts = ec2_instance::whereRaw("MATCH(instance_id,instance_type,availability_zone, status_checks,alarm_status, public_dns, key_name ) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE)", array($q))->get();
$ip_address =
public_ip::whereRaw("MATCH(ip_address ) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE)", array($q))->get();
$s3_bucket =
s3_bucket::whereRaw("MATCH(name, storage_class, size ) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE)", array($q))->get();
$cloudfront_distribution = cloudfront_distribution::whereRaw("MATCH(delivery_method, cloudfront_id, domain_name,comment, origin, c_name, status, state ) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE)", array($q))->get();
return View::make('ec2_instance', compact('ip_address', 'posts','s3_bucket', 'cloudfront_distribution'));