Should I just write something like this?

public function index($town)
    {
        //
        $pubs=\App\Pub::all();
        if ($request->has('rsTown')) {
            $pubs=\App\Pub::where('rsTown', $town)
            ->orderBy('id', 'desc')
               ->paginate(50);
        } else {
            $pubs=\App\Pub::where('rsTown', 'london')
               ->orderBy('id', 'desc')
               ->paginate(50);
        }
        return view('pub2index',compact('pubs/'.$town));
    }

Hi John,

If you define the route as returning a view, it will not hit the index method. In other words

public function index($town)
// This $town will always be empty

There are two easy options.

1. Create a TownController, which on the Show method returns all pubs in that town. It depends on if there are any other entities to sort on, like theatres, take aways or Tesco's;
2. Just route to the index-method on the PubController, not directly to a view.

For option two:

Route::get('/pubs/{town}', 'Pubcontroller@index');
Route::resource('pubs','PubController');

This way, the route will hit the index-method on the PubController and be returned a view there.

But, notice I put the /pubs/{town} route before the resource route. Reason is that if it were to be after, Laravel would route /pubs/brighton to the wildcard Pub route it generates. In other words, in /pubs/brighton, Brighton would be seen as the identifier of a pub, not a town.

So, this will only work if you don't use the show-method on the PubController. If you do, option 1 will be the other solution. Or, as a third option, work with filters:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/pubs?town=brighton
http://127.0.0.1:8000/pubs?town=worthing

But, that's a whole different story. Using a TownController is probably the easiest way.

Thank you so much Maarten! I managed to sort it earlier...

I created a new function:

public function index($town) {
        $pubs=\App\Pub::all();
        $pubs=\App\Pub::where('rsTown', '=', $town)
               ->orderBy('id', 'desc')
               ->paginate(50);
        return view('pub2index',compact('pubs'));
    }

Route::get('/pubs/{town}','PubsTown@index');