Laravel 11 Vue JS Live Search Example Tutorial

Laravel 11 Vue js live search example; Through this tutorial, i am going to show you how to make live search in laravel vue js apps.

Laravel 11 Vue JS Live Search Example Tutorial

Follow the below the given steps to make live search in laravel vue js apps:

  • Step 1: Install Laravel 11 App
  • Step 2: Configure App to Database
  • Step 3: Run Make auth Command
  • Step 4: Create Model And Migration
  • Step 5: NPM Configuration
  • Step 6: Add Routes
  • Step 7: Create Controller By Command
  • Step 8: Create Vue Component
  • Step 9: Create Blade Views And Initialize Vue Components
  • Step 10: Run Development Server

Step 1: Install Laravel 11 App

Run the following command on command prompt to install laravel apps:

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

Step 2: Connecting App to Database

Visit to project root directory and open .env file. Then set up database credential in .env file as follow:

 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 Make auth Command

Run the following commands on command prompt to install laravel/ui and implement auth system:

cd blog
composer require laravel/ui --dev
php artisan ui vue --auth

This laravel laravel/ui package provides a quick way to scaffold all of the routes, controller and views with authentication.

Step 4: Create Model And Migration

Run the following command on command prompt to create post model and migration file:

php artisan make:model Post -fm

This command will create one model name post.php and also create one migration file for the posts table.

Now open create_posts_table.php migration file from database>migrations and replace up() function with following code:

<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
class CreatePostsTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
       Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->bigIncrements('id');
            $table->string('title');
            $table->string('slug');
            $table->unsignedBigInteger('user_id');
            $table->timestamps();
      });
    }
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('posts');
    }
}

Next, migrate the table using the below command:

php artisan migrate

Visit to app/Models/Post.php and update the following code into your Post.php model as follow:

<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Post extends Model
{
    use HasFactory;
    protected $guarded = [];
}

Visit to database/factories and open PostFactory.php. Then update the following code into it as follow:

<?php
use Faker\Generator as Faker;
use App\Models\Post;
$factory->define(Post::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
       'title' => $faker->sentence,
       'slug' => \Str::slug($faker->sentence),
       'user_id' => 1
    ];
});

and then execute the following command to generate fake data using faker as follow:

php artisan tinker
//and then
factory(\App\Models\Post::class,30)->create()
exit

Step 5: NPM Configuration

Run the following command on command prompt to Vue dependencies using NPM:

php artisan preset vue

Install all Vue dependencies:

npm install

Step 6: Add Routes

In this step, Visit routes directory and open web.php file and add the following routes into your file:

use App\Http\Controllers\PostController;
Route::get('search', [PostController::class, 'index']);
Route::get('res-search', [PostController::class, 'search']);

Step 7: Create Controller By Command

Run the following command on command prompt to create a controller by an artisan:

php artisan make:controller PostController

Visit to app\Http\Controllers and open PostController.php file. Then update the following code into your PostController.php file:

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Facades\App\Repository\Posts;
class PostController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {   
        return view('search');
    }
    public function search(Request $request)
    {
        $posts=Post::where('title',$request->keywords)->get();
        return response()->json($posts);
        
    }
}

Step 8: Create Vue Component

Visit to resources/assets/js/components folder and create a file called SearchComponent.vue.

Now, update the following code into your SearchComponent.vue components file:

<template>
    <div>
        <input type="text" v-model="keywords">
        <ul v-if="results.length > 0">
            <li v-for="result in results" :key="result.id" v-text="result.name"></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</template>
<script>
export default {
    data() {
        return {
            keywords: null,
            results: []
        };
    },
    watch: {
        keywords(after, before) {
            this.fetch();
        }
    },
    methods: {
        fetch() {
            axios.get('/res-search', { params: { keywords: this.keywords } })
                .then(response => this.results = response.data)
                .catch(error => {});
        }
    }
}
</script>

Now open resources/assets/js/app.js and include the SearchComponent.vue component as follow:

require('./bootstrap');
window.Vue = require('vue');
Vue.component('search-component', require('./components/SearchComponent.vue').default);
const app = new Vue({
    el: '#app',
});

Step 9: Create Blade Views And Initialize Vue Components

Visit to resources/views and create one folder named layouts. Inside this folder create one blade view file named app.blade.php file.

Visit to resources/views/layouts and open app.blade.php file. Then update the following code into your app.blade.php file as follow:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}">
    <title>Laravel 11 Vue JS Live Search Example Tutorial - Laratutorials.com</title>
    <script src="{{ asset('js/app.js') }}" defer></script>
    <link href="{{ asset('css/app.css') }}" rel="stylesheet">
    @stack('fontawesome')
</head>
<body>
    <div id="app">
        <main class="py-4">
            @yield('content')
        </main>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
  

Visit to resources/views/ and create one file name search.blade.php. Then update the following code into your search.blade.php file as follow:

@extends('layouts.app')
@section('content')
<div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
        
        <div class="col-md-8">
            <div class="card">
                <div class="card-header">Laravel Vue Js Live Search</div>
                    
                <div class="card-body">
                  <search-component></search-component>
                </div>
                
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
@endsection 

Step 10: Run Development Server

Run the following command on command prompt to start the development server:

npm run dev
or 
npm run watch

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to implement live search functionality on blogs posts with Vue js in laravel apps.

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