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Are we talking about how to display it on the search result pages?
In that case
{{ $task_list->links() }}
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The search form is on my navbar
<form action="{{ request()->path() == 'tasks' ? '/task/search' : (request()->path() == '/' ? '/dashboard/search' : (request()->path() == 'users' ? '/user/search' : (request()->path() == 'roles' ? '/role/search':''))) }}" method="GET" role="search" class="form-inline mr-auto" style="margin-top: 10px">
{{ csrf_field() }}
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-3;" >
<li><a href="" data-toggle="sidebar" class="nav-link nav-link-lg"><i class="fas fa-bars" style="color: black"></i></a></li>
<li><a href="#" data-toggle="search" class="nav-link nav-link-lg d-sm-none"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></a></li>
</ul>
{{-- search --}}
<div class="search-element">
<input type="text" class="form-control" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" data-width="250" method="GET" name="term" id="term">
<button class="btn" type="submit"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></button>
</div>
</form>
dashboardControlller search funtion
public function search(Request $request)
{
$task_list = DB::table('tasks')
->select('tasks.id', 'tasks.title', 'tasks.pic', 'users.name', 'users.image', 'tasks.start', 'tasks.end', 'tasks.delay', 'tasks.status', 'tasks.file', 'tasks.picfile', 'tasks.created_at')
->join('users', 'tasks.user_id', '=', 'users.id')
->where(function ($query) use ($request) {
if (($term = $request->term)) $query->orWhere('tasks.title', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%')->orWhere('users.name', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%');
})
->orderBy('created_at', 'desc')
->simplePaginate(6);
$OngoingCount = Task::where(function ($query) use ($request) {
if (($term = $request->term)) $query->Where('title', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%')->orWhere('tasks.pic', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%');
})
->Where('status', 'Ongoing')
->count();
$DelayedCount = Task::where(function ($query) use ($request) {
if (($term = $request->term)) $query->Where('title', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%')->orWhere('tasks.pic', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%');
})
->where('status', 'Delayed')
->count();
$FinishedCount = Task::where(function ($query) use ($request) {
if (($term = $request->term)) $query->Where('title', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%')->orWhere('tasks.pic', 'LIKE', '%' . $term . '%');
})
->where('status', 'Finished')
->count();
return view('home', compact('OngoingCount', 'DelayedCount', 'FinishedCount', 'task_list'));
}
}
route
Route::get('/dashboard/search', [dashboardController::class, 'search']);
Route::get('/task/search', [TaskController::class, 'search']);
Route::get('/user/search', [UserController::class, 'search']);
Route::get('/role/search', [RoleController::class, 'search']);
The problem is i put my search function on navbar so in any menu there is only one search form so i need to make ternary inside the search form, then when the user search on any menu that has more than the pagination it will be reset before the search query is performed
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