As far as I know, there is not a way to create database tables using Laravel or its Schema class.
Validator can accept any input at all. I would personally be using Input::get('q') though.
Redirect::back() is most definitely within Laravel 4+ (I haven't used 3). As for it not working, I h...
I personally put them in sub-folders. So I would have the following: app/controllers/User/DashboardC...
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