Laravel - Retrieve Records
After configuring the database, we can retrieve the records using the DB facade with select method. The syntax of select method is as shown in the following table.
| Syntax | array select(string $query, array $bindings = array()) |
| Parameters |
|
| Returns | array |
| Description | Run a select statement against the database. |
Example
Step 1 − Execute the below command to create a controller called StudViewController.
php artisan make:controller StudViewController --plain
Step 2 − After the successful execution of step 1, you will receive the following output −
Step 3 − Copy the following code to file
app/Http/Controllers/StudViewController.php
app/Http/Controllers/StudViewController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use DB;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class StudViewController extends Controller {
public function index() {
$users = DB::select('select * from student');
return view('stud_view',['users'=>$users]);
}
}
Step 4 − Create a view file called resources/views/stud_view.blade.php and copy the following code in that file.
resources/views/ stud_view.blade.php
<html>
<head>
<title>View Student Records</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border = 1>
<tr>
<td>ID</td>
<td>Name</td>
</tr>
@foreach ($users as $user)
<tr>
<td>{{ $user->id }}</td>
<td>{{ $user->name }}</td>
</tr>
@endforeach
</table>
</body>
</html>
Step 5 − Add the following lines in app/Http/routes.php.
app/Http/routes.php
Route::get('view-records','StudViewController@index');
Step 6 − Visit the following URL to see records from database.
http://localhost:8000/view-records
Step 7 − The output will appear as shown in the following image.
