{id?} add question mark for optional
Or even like this:
Route::get('/request/{partner}', 'PagesController@makeRequest');
public function makeRequest(Partner $partner)
{
return view('pages.makeRequest', compact('partner'));
}
Feb 19, 2019
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Level 1
Laravel function with optional parameter
In my web file, I have a route
Route::get('/request/{id}', 'PagesController@makeRequest');
and in my PagesController, I have a function
public function makeRequest($id)
{
if(!empty($id)){
$target = Partner::find($id);
}
return view('pages.makeRequest')->with('target', $target);
}
what I want to achieve is to have the page fetch some details when provided the $id but remain blank if no $id is provided.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Level 1
@SKYCODER - Thanks so much.
I tried a combination of both methods. Good news is, without the $id, page displays with an empty space where I wanted it. Bad news is it still remains empty when the $id is passed. I even tried
return compact('partner');
and it returned an empty array.
@NANAQHUACY - Which means there is no Partner with that id, id must exist in partner table. You can try dd($partner) instead of returning, to check is it null or not.
Level 1
@SKYCODER - There is a partner with that id alright. In the end, what I did was to create a different form that wasn't echoing the passed result. So in the false section, I called that form instead.
Level 3
@nanaqhuacy You can try to set a default value to the parameter, for example
public function makeRequest($id=null)
or
public function makeRequest($id='')
Don't know if that works under your case but it worths a try
Level 122
Route::get('/request/{id?}', 'PagesController@makeRequest');
public function makeRequest($id = null)
{
$target = null;
if($id){
$target = Partner::findOrFail($id);
}
return view('pages.makeRequest')->with('target', $target);
}
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Level 1
public function makeRequest($id='') { $target = Partner::find($id); return view('pages.makeRequest')->with('target', $target); }
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