laravel-4

I'm trying to create mysql UPDATE query that will take parameters. In addition I want to append to the end of the field if the field isnt empty. For that I'm using CASE statement. Here's my query in doctrine (from silex): $query = "UPDATE table SET filed = ( CASE WHEN field = '' THEN :param1 ELSE concat(field, :param1) END) WHERE id=:param2"; $app['db']['test_db']->executeUpdate($sql, array('param1' => $user_text, 'param2' => $selected_id)); Now I want to convert it to fluent or raw query so I can use it in Laravel 4. Here's my code: $param1 = "String..."; // user string $param2 = 45; // id DB

I am having a problem with Laravel Pagination and Header Sort, Let me show you what I have. My current page I am working with is "admin/admins" where i have pagination and headers. 1) AdminController code: // get for admin/admins page // page to list all the Admin users public function getAdmins($sort= NULL , $sort_dir = NULL) { // CACHE SORTING INPUTS $allowed = array('first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'activated', 'created_at'); // add allowable columns to search on $sort = in_array($sort, $allowed) ? $sort : 'first_name'; // if user type in the url a column that doesn't exist app will

I'm working in my first project with Laravel, it's a simple website with an admin panel: In my "public" folder I have a directory called "admin" where I put all the styles and scripts corresponding to the admin panel. I've also defined a route in my app to handle the "admin" GET: Route::get('/admin', 'Admin\DashboardController@index'); The problem is that since I have that "admin" folder in my public directory Laravel is ignoring the "admin" route I defined, so I can't access the proper controller. I'm suspecting it has something to do with the .htaccess but I'm not sure how to solve it. This

I m new to laravel. I wanted to insert the admin credentials into database. public function verify() { $username = Input::get('username'); $password = Input::get('password'); if (!Admin::count()) { $user = new Admin; $user->username = Input::get('username'); $user->password = $user->password = Hash::make(Input::get('password')); $user->save(); return Redirect::to('/admin/login'); } else { if (Auth::attempt(array('username' => $username, 'password' => $password))) { echo("i m in if"); if (Session::has('pre_admin_login_url')) { $url = Session::get('pre_admin_login_url'); Session::forget('pre

I just finished installing Ubuntu, setting up Apache, MySQL, and PHP. I then decided to install the Laravel framework. I ran a composer install and got the following error: Mcrypt PHP extension required. Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd event returned with an error I then installed mcrypt deal and all that remained was the artisan error. I decided to go on about my business because I couldn't find a solution online. Now I am starting my first laravel project. I ran php artisan migrate:install and it says Mcrypt PHP extension required. What can I do to fix this? I