What are Laravel controllers and how do I use them?

What are Laravel controllers and how do I use them?

Laravel controllers are classes that handle incoming requests and return responses. They help organize your application logic.

Can you show me an example of a simple controller?

Sure! Here's a basic example:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        return view('home');
    }
}

How do I route to this controller?

You can define a route in your web.php file like this:

Route::get('/', [HomeController::class, 'index']);

What if I want to pass data to the view?

You can pass data by modifying the index method:

public function index()
{
    $data = ['name' => 'John'];
    return view('home', $data);
}