Show counter result in dashboard - laravel

Question

I would like to create a dasboard with Laravel 8. I want to count all tickets in the database and display the number in the dashboard. Unfortunately it does not work do you have an idea?
Controller Code
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Models\Ticket;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class DashboardController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
//
$ticketsCount = Ticket::count();
return view('dashboard.index', compact('ticketsCount'));
}
}
View Code
<div class="col-lg-3 col-6">
<!-- small box -->
<div class="small-box bg-info">
<div class="inner">
<h3>{{ $ticketsCount->count() }}</h3>
<p>Open Tickets</p>
</div>
<div class="icon">
<i class="ion ion-bag"></i>
</div>
More info <i class="fas fa-arrow-circle-right"></i>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

As I can see, your router returns view file, and not getting into controller.
Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
return view('dashboard.index');
});
change your router to (Laravel version before 8)
Route::get('/dashboard', 'DashboardController#index');
After Laravel version 8
use App\Http\Controllers\DashboardController;
Route::get('/dashboard', [DashboardController::class, 'index']);
Docs

Answer 2

Remove ->count() from your view, you already counted it in controller
$ticketsCount = Ticket::count();
The view code:
<div class="col-lg-3 col-6">
<!-- small box -->
<div class="small-box bg-info">
<div class="inner">
<h3>{{ $ticketsCount }}</h3>
<p>Open Tickets</p>
</div>
<div class="icon">
<i class="ion ion-bag"></i>
</div>
More info <i class="fas fa-arrow-circle-right"></i>
</div>
</div>

Answer 3

I have tried to get the number of users displayed on the view. Unfortunately I always get an error message...
Error:
ErrorException
Undefined variable: counter (View: /laravel/resources/views/dashboard/index.blade.php)
Route (web):
Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
return view('dashboard.index');
});
Model (Dashboard)
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Dashboard extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
}
Controller (DashboardController)
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
class DashboardController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
$counter = DB::table('users')->count();
return view('dashboard.index', compact('counter'));
}
}
View (dashboard/index.blade.php):
Users: {{ $counter }}