Author: David Raleche

Define routes at routes/web.php

//All certificates
Route::post('/search-certificates', 'CertificatesController@search' );
Route::get('/search-certificates', 'CertificatesController@search' );
or
Route::any('/search-certificates', 'CertificatesController@search' );

Define Controller function Search

public function search(Request $request){
    $searchString = $request->input('searchString');
    $searchCertificates = DB::table('NAMEOFYOURBABLE')
        ->where('BOROUGH', 'like', "%$searchString%" )
        ->orwhere('STREET', 'like', "%$searchString%" )
        ->orwhere('POSTCODE', 'like', "%$searchString%" )
        ->orderBy('POSTCODE', 'asc')
        ->orderBy('NUMBER', 'asc')
        ->orderBy('JOB_NUMBER', 'asc')
        ->paginate(20);

    $searchCertificates->appends(['searchString' => $searchString]);

    return view('search-certificates', ['searchCertificates' => $searchCertificates]);
}

Most important line on the code above is the one below because it will allow search pagination

    $searchCertificates->appends(['searchString' => $searchString]);

Define View Laravel Blade Page

Form

<form action="/search-certificates" method="POST" role="search">
    {{ csrf_field() }}
    <div class="input-group">
        <input type="text" class="form-control" name="searchString"
               placeholder="Search by Street or Postal Code " />
         <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
    </div>
</form>

Grid/Table

<div class="row justify-content-center">
    <table class="table table-striped">
        <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>POSTCODE</th>
            <th>ISSUE_TYPE</th>
            <th>C_O_ISSUE_DATE</th>
            <th>BOROUGH</th>
            <th>NUMBER</th>
            <th>STREET</th>
            <th>Number of Units</th>
            <th>NTA</th>
        </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
        @foreach ($searchCertificates as $oneCertificate)
            <tr>
                <td>{{ $oneCertificate->POSTCODE }}</td>
                <td>{{ $oneCertificate->ISSUE_TYPE }}</td>
                <td>{{ $oneCertificate->C_O_ISSUE_DATE }}</td>
                <td> {{ $oneCertificate->BOROUGH }}</td>
                <td>{{ $oneCertificate->NUMBER }}</td>
                <td>{{ $oneCertificate->STREET }}</td>
                <td>{{ $oneCertificate->PR_DWELLING_UNIT }}</td>
                <td>{{ $oneCertificate->NTA }}</td>
            </tr>
        @endforeach
        </tbody>

Blade Pagination Link

{{ $searchCertificates->links( "pagination::bootstrap-4") }}