Pagination for search results laravel 5.3

Question

Pagination search results

I have just started with Laravel and I am trying to make a search function with proper pagination. The function works for page one but on page two it doesn't. I think it's not giving the results to the next page but I can't seem to find an answer.

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this is my search function inside IndexController:

public function search()
{
    $q = Input::get('search');

    # going to next page is not working yet
    $product = Product::where('naam', 'LIKE', '%' . $q . '%')
        ->orWhere('beschrijving', 'LIKE', '%' . $q . '%')
        ->paginate(6);

    return view('pages.index', compact('product'));
}

this is my route:

Route::post('search{page?}', 'IndexController@search');

this is the URL of page two:

/search?page=2

this is how I show my pagination:

{{ $product->appends(Request::get('page'))->links()}}

the error:

MethodNotAllowedHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 218:

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Get error on request.

Route:

Route::get('search/{page?}', 'IndexController@search');

Error:

MethodNotAllowedHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 218:
in RouteCollection.php line 218
at RouteCollection->methodNotAllowed(array('GET', 'HEAD')) in RouteCollection.php line 205
at RouteCollection->getRouteForMethods(object(Request), array('GET', 'HEAD')) in RouteCollection.php line 158
at RouteCollection->match(object(Request)) in Router.php line 780
at Router->findRoute(object(Request)) in Router.php line 610
at Router->dispatchToRoute(object(Request)) in Router.php line 596
at Router->dispatch(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 267
at Kernel->Illuminate\Foundation\Http\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 53
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in CheckForMaintenanceMode.php line 46
at CheckForMaintenanceMode->handle(object(Request), object(Closure)) in Pipeline.php line 137
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 33
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 104
at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in Kernel.php line 149
at Kernel->sendRequestThroughRouter(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 116
at Kernel->handle(object(Request)) in index.php line 53

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I hope my question is clear and in the right format. Thank you in advance (sorry for my bad English)

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Answer:

I ended up using the answer of this post in combination with some help of this post

I used a post function for the initial search and a get function for the following pages. This was possible because I'm now giving my search to the URL.

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EDIT:

• added the initial error.
• added the Route::get error
• added answer

Answer 1

$searchdata =  \Request::get( 'inputTextFieldname' ); \make as global
$searchresult = Modelname::where ( 'blogpost_title', 'LIKE', '%' .$searchdata . '%' )->paginate(2);
return view( 'search', compact('searchresult') );

and in your view page

{{$searchresult->appends(Request::only('inputTextFieldname'))->links()}}

make your route to get method

Route::get('/search', ['as' => 'search', 'uses' => 'searchController@index']);

this will be done, thanks,

Answer 2

in my case, i've laravel 5.7 installed.

$perPage = $request->per_page ?? 10;

$data['items'] = User::where('name', 'like', '%'. $request->search . '%')
                         ->paginate($perPage)
                         ->appends(['search' => $request->search, 'per_page' => $request->per_page]);

    return view('users.index', $data);

and my view files codes are

for per_page select dropdown and search area

<form role="form" class="form-inline" method="get" action='{{ url('/user') }}'>
 <div class="row">
  <div class="col-sm-6">
   <div class="dataTables_length">
     <label>Show
     <select name="per_page"
       onchange="this.form.submit()"
       class="form-control input-sm">
      <option value=""></option>
      <option value="10" {{ $items->perPage() == 10 ? 'selected' : '' }}>10
      </option>
      <option value="25" {{ $items->perPage() == 25 ? 'selected' : '' }}>25
      </option>
      <option value="50" {{ $items->perPage() == 50 ? 'selected' : '' }}>50
      </option>
     </select>
     entries
     </label>
    </div>
   </div>

<div class="col-sm-6">
 <div class="dataTables_filter pull-right">
  <div class="form-group">
   <label>Search: &nbsp;
   <input type="search" name="search" class="form-control input-sm"
   placeholder="Name" value="{{ request()->search }}">
   </label>
  </div>
 </div>
</div>

and my pagination generator code

{{ $items->appends(['search' => request()->search, 'per_page' => request()->per_page])->links() }}

Answer 3

For pagination, you should create a simple form:

<form action="{{URL::to('/search')}}" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="query"/>
    <select name="pages">
    @for($p = 1; $p < $products->lastPage(); $p++ )
        <option value="{{ $p }}">{{ $p }}</option>
    @endfor
    </select>
</form>

Pagination methods are here:

$results->count()
$results->currentPage()
$results->firstItem()
$results->hasMorePages()
$results->lastItem()
$results->lastPage() (Not available when using simplePaginate)
$results->nextPageUrl()
$results->perPage()
$results->previousPageUrl()
$results->total() (Not available when using simplePaginate)
$results->url($page)

Answer 4

If you want to apply filters to the next page you should add them to your paginator like this:

$product = Product::where('naam', 'LIKE', '%' . $q . '%')
        ->orWhere('beschrijving', 'LIKE', '%' . $q . '%')
        ->paginate(6);
$product->appends(['search' => $q]);

And change your route from post to get:

Route::get('search', 'IndexController@search');

Answer 5

If you are using search form with GET method then use something like these to preserve pagination withing search results.

 public function filter(Request $request)
    {        
        $filter = $request->only('name_operator','name_value','email_operator','email_value', 'phone_operator','phone_value',   'gender_value', 'age_operator','age_value');
        $contacts = $this->repo->getFilteredList(array_filter($filter));
        $contacts->appends($filter)->links(); //Continue pagination with results
        return view('dashboard::index', compact('contacts'))->withInput($request->all());
    }

Answer 6

I assume you want to change pages with urls like this search/1, search/2? First of all your route should be probably Route::post('search/{page?}').

I'm not sure if only this change will work, but if it does not, you have to resolve page like this

public function search(\Illuminate\Http\Request $request, $page = 1)
{
    $q = $request->get('search');

    \Illuminate\Pagination\Paginator::currentPageResolver(function () use ($page) {
        return $page;
    });

    # going to next page is not working yet
    $product = Product::where('naam', 'LIKE', '%' . $q . '%')
        ->orWhere('beschrijving', 'LIKE', '%' . $q . '%')
        ->paginate(6);

    return view('pages.index', compact('product'));
}