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

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');