How to pass query string with routes in laravel 5.4 - query-string

Question

I am using Laravel 5.4. I want to use query string like below:
tempsite.com/lessons?id=23
For getting this how routes are to be modified. It is possible to give route in the following way.
Route::get('lessons/id={id}', ['as' => 'lessons.index', 'uses' => 'Lessons\LessonController#index']);
But adding '?' is not getting for me. Please help us to provide a solution as early as possible.

Answer 1

If you are using resourceful controllers, your routes are all handled for you so you would simply put
Route::resource('lessons', 'Lessons\LessonController');
You can then use route model binding to bind the model instance which matches that particular ID.
Route::model('lesson', Lesson::class);
This would be done in your RouteServiceProvider.
I would also suggest having a good read of the following documentation on the laravel website https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/routing. It provides really good insight in to how routes work and how they should be structured.

Answer 2

Instead of tempsite.com/lessons?id=23
Pass it like this tempsite.com/lessons/23
and in the route
Route::get('lessons/{id}', ['as' => 'lessons.index', 'uses' => 'Lessons\LessonController#index']);
to get the id in your controller, write your function like this
public function index($id)
{
//do anything with $id from here
}

Answer 3

There is no need to define query string parameters in your routes. You can return query string parameters in your controller like so:
URL example: tempsite.com/lessons?id=23
public function lessons(Request $request)
{
$request->get('id'); // Using injection
Request::get('id'); // Using the request facade
request()->get('id'); // Using the helper function
}
You could even validate the parameter:
public function lessons(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, ['id' => 'required|integer']);
}
Note: If you want to make the URL not accessible if the ID is omitted, see #DarkseidNG answer.

Answer 4

I was able to inform laravel to accept query stringed requests on my route by affixing the url with a forward slash, like so
// web.php
Route::get('/path/', "Controller#action");
With the above, mysite/path?foo=bar&name=john does not throw 404 errors.