Laravel 7 Full Text Search Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn about the Laravel 7 Full Text Search Tutorial and its application with practical example.

In this Laravel 7 Full Text Search Tutorial I’ll show you how to implement full text search in laravel using full text search package. In this tutorial we will guide you step by step on how to implement full text search in laravel using full text search package. In this tutorial I’ll guide you with example of creating full text search with mysql DB in laravel app.

Table Of Contents−

Laravel 7 Full Text Search Tutorial

Step 1: Install Laravel New App

Step 2: Configuration .evn file
Step 3: Run Migration
Step 4: Install Full Text Search Package

Step 5: Add Fake Records in DB
Step 6: Add Routes,
Step 7: Create Controller

Step 8: Create Blade View
Step 9: Start Development Server

Step 1: Install Laravel Fresh Setup

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel using the below command

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

1	composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Step 2: Configuration .env file

Now, lets create a MySQL database and connect it with laravel application. After creating database we need to set database credential in application’s .env file.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql 
 DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 
 DB_PORT=3306 
 DB_DATABASE=here your database name here
 DB_USERNAME=here database username here
 DB_PASSWORD=here database password here

DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=here your database name here

DB_USERNAME=here database username here

DB_PASSWORD=here database password here

Step 3: Run Migration

Now, run the migration to create database table using following artisan command:

php artisan migrate

1	php artisan migrate

Step 4: Install Full Text Package

In this step, we will install Full Text Package via the composer dependency manager. Use the following command to install Full Text Package.

composer require nicolaslopezj/searchable

1	composer require nicolaslopezj/searchable

Step 5: Add Fake Records in DB

Now, we will generate some fake records using following command:

php artisan tinker

1	php artisan tinker

After running the php artisan tinker. Run the following command. It will add 150 fake records in your database:

>>> factory(App\User::class, 150)->create();

1	>>> factory(App\User::class, 150)->create();

Step 6: Create Routes

After this, we need to define routes in “routes/web.php” file. Lets open “routes/web.php” file and add the following routes in it.

routes/web.php

Route::get('full-text-search', 'FullTextSearchController@index');

1	Route::get('full-text-search', 'FullTextSearchController@index');

Step 7: Create Controller

Now, lets create a controller named FullTextSearchController using command given below –

php artisan make:controller FullTextSearchController

1	php artisan make:controller FullTextSearchController

Now go to app/Http/Controllers directory and open FullTextSearchController.php file. And add the following code into FullTextSearchController.php file:

<?php
 
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\User;
 
class FullTextSearchController extends Controller
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        if($request->has('term')){
            $data['lists'] = User::search($request->get('term'))->get();  
        }else{
            $data['lists'] = User::get();
        }
        return view('full-text-search', $data);
    }    
}

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\User;

class FullTextSearchController extends Controller

{

public function index(Request $request)

{

if($request->has('term')){

$data['lists'] = User::search($request->get('term'))->get();

}else{

$data['lists'] = User::get();

}

return view('full-text-search', $data);

}

Step 8: Create Blade View

In this step, we will go to resources/views/ directory and create one blade view file named full-text-search.blade.php file. Then add the following code into your full-text-search.blade.php file:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
     
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Laravel 7, 6, 5 Full Text Search Tutorial</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    </head>
 
   <body>
    <div class="container mt-5">
        <div class="card">
          <div class="card-header">
            <h1>Laravel 7/6 Full Text Search Tutorial From Scratch</h1>
          </div>
          <div class="card-body">
                    <form method="GET" action="{{ url('full-text-search') }}">
                    <div class="row">
                        <div class="col-md-6">
                            <input type="text" name="term" class="form-control" placeholder="Search">
                        </div>
                        <div class="col-md-6">
                            <button class="btn btn-primary">Search</button>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </form>
               <br/>
               <table class="table table-bordered">
                    <tr>
                        <th>Id</th>
                        <th>Name</th>
                        <th>Email</th>
                    </tr>
                    @if($lists)
                        @foreach($lists as $list)
                        <tr>
                            <td>{{ $list->id }}</td>
                            <td>{{ $list->name }}</td>
                            <td>{{ $list->email }}</td>
                        </tr>
                        @endforeach
                    @else
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="3" class="text-danger">Result not found.</td>
                    </tr>
                    @endif
              </table>
          </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Laravel 7, 6, 5 Full Text Search Tutorial</title>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Laravel 7/6 Full Text Search Tutorial From Scratch</h1>

</div>

</div>

<button class="btn btn-primary">Search</button>

</div>

</form>

<br/>

<tr>

<th>Email</th>

</tr>

@if($lists)

@foreach($lists as $list)

<tr>

<td>{{ $list->email }}</td>

</tr>

@endforeach

@else

<tr>

<td colspan="3" class="text-danger">Result not found.</td>

</tr>

@endif

</table>

</div>

</body>

</html>

Step 9: Start Development Server

Now we are ready to run our example so lets start the development server using following artisan command –

php artisan serve

If you want to run the project diffrent port so use this below command 

php artisan serve --port=8080

php artisan serve

If you want to run the project diffrent port so use this below command

php artisan serve --port=8080

Now, open the following URL in browser to see the output –

http://localhost:8000/full-text-search

1	http://localhost:8000/full-text-search

http://localhost/blog/public/full-text-search

1	http://localhost/blog/public/full-text-search

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