Passing data from the database to a blade view using a controller in laravel

I found several ways to do what I need to do, the first way was using the rounting using the web.php file. But according to serveral posts this creates vulnerabilities in the application. So I found out the correct usage is with a controller that manages the database queries.

I created a controller, named EventsController and put this into it:

<?php

namespace AppHttpControllers;

use IlluminateHttpRequest;

class EventsController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $events = DB::table('eventaries')->select('id','coursname','start', 'end', 'category')->get();

        return view('components.course-list')->with('eventaries', $events);
    }
}

the blade is inside the folder: /resources/views/components/course-list.blade.php

Inside the blade I use this code:

<div class="px-6 py-20">
    <div class="max-w-7xl mx-auto">
        <!-- Course List -->

        {{ $events->coursname}}


    </div>
</div>

But I get the error:

Undefined variable $events (View: D:laragonwwwcensoredresourcesviewscomponentscourse-list.blade.php)

Answer

When using the with method on a view the first argument (key) becomes the name of the variable in the view and the second argument (value) becomes it’s value.

This means you need to use $eventaries in your view instead of $events or rename the key in your controller return view('components.course-list')->with('events', $events);.

Also, I’m not sure about defining the action directly in the routes file causes vulnerabilities. I just think that the routes file, which is often the first entry point for developers when exploring a Laravel app, becomes hard to read/manage.