Laravel 7.x Search with Pagination

Perhaps you can try this :

//if you are not passing the parameter by using route
public function index(Request $request){
	$data = User::search($request->search)->paginate(25);
	return view('users.results', compact('data'));
}

//if you are using the optional parameter in the route
public function index($search = "" ){
	$data = User::search($search)->paginate(25);
	return view('users.results', compact('data'));
}

as @frankielee says, but make sure you append the search term to the paginator so that page 2,3 etc get the same search term

To add, are you wanting pretty url, or is query string okay?

If you are wanting pretty url's spatie has: https://github.com/spatie/laravel-paginateroute

Though you could program all the logic yourself, I've seen a lot of folks use the package.

But just thought I'd make you aware of that package.

how do i pass the user input through the routes? right now I have this in my views

<input type="search" name="q" id="q" class="search-box" value="" placeholder="Search...">

and in the web.php :

Route::get('users','UsersController@index');

I tried that first method and it gives me everything that's in the db which is great. How do I search only based on user input with the scope instead?

Thanks, but I'm just starting out so I'd rather focus on getting the core concepts right first. Pretty URLs will have to wait in the mean time lol

doesn't paginate give different results on each page for the same term?

Example of appending to query string (paginator)

    public function index()
    {
      //  Validate and use authorization as per your app.

        $page = Request::input('page', '1');
        $dogsearch = !empty(Request::input('psch')) ? Request::input('psch') : '';
        $aval = !empty(Request::input('aval')) ? Request::input('aval') : '';
        $dogsch = $dogsearch . "%";

        $query = Dog::where('dogname', 'like', $dogsch);
        if ($aval == "n") {
            $query->where('adopted', '=', 1);
        } else if ($aval == "y") {
            $query->where('adopted', '=', 0);
        }
        $dogs = $query->orderBy('lastedit', 'DESC')->paginate(5);

        $params = array('psch' => $dogsearch, 'aval' => $aval);

    return view('dog.index', compact('dogs', 'params'));
   }

Then view (pagination part)

{{ $dogs->appends($params)->links() }} 

route:

Route::middleware(['auth'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('dog/index', 'DogController@index');
    Route::post('dog/index', 'DogController@index');
   
    // other routes

Note: initial search is a post, thereafter is a get request for pagination. I have a video showing this in use, let me know if you want to view it, it's just a simple search example.

Also Pretty URLs is a core concept, you can use route parameters or a query string.

Reference from documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/routing#route-parameters

Yes, please share the video and thank you.

It is just a very simple video:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1_PFw--3o74YjVreHNBOWU2aEE/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for your help everyone. You have given me some great examples here and I will be able to move forward with my project. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to help me out!