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.

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

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.

Step 3: Run Migration

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

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.

Step 5: Add Fake Records in DB

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

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

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

Step 7: Create Controller

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

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

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:

Step 9: Start Development Server

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

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

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