Laravel problems with redirect - laravel

Question

So I am working on a laravel project and I want that if a user types in their order code, the order will show up with the details. For some reason, the order code doesn't get through the if statement, because I get the output 'Order not found.' all the time, even if I type in an order code that is present in my orders table.
TrackController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Order;
class TrackController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return view ('track.index');
}
public function show($id)
{
$order = Order::where('code', $id)->first();
return view('track.show',[
'order' => $order
]);
}
public function redirect(Request $request)
{
$orderCode = $request->input('order-track-id');
$order = Order::where('code', $orderCode)->first();
if(!$order){
return redirect('/track')->with('error', 'Order not found.');
}else{
return redirect('/track/' . $order->code);
}
}
}
web.php
Route::get('/track', 'TrackController#index');
Route::post('/track/redirect', 'TrackController#redirect');
Route::get('/track/{id}', 'TrackController#show');
track.index
#extends('layouts/app')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content center">
{!! Form::open(['action' => 'TrackController#redirect', 'method' => 'post']) !!}
{!! csrf_field() !!}
<input type="number" name="input-order-track-id" id="order-track-id">
{{ Form::button('Track', ['type' => 'submit', 'class' => 'btn btn-primary'] ) }}
{!! Form::close() !!}
</div>
</div>
#endsection
What am I doing wrong and why isn't my function putting me through to the show function in the TrackController?

Answer 1

In your redirect controller function.
public function redirect(Request $request)
{
$orderCode = $request->input('input-order-track-id');
$orders = Order::where('code', $orderCode)->get();
if($orders->isEmpty()){
return redirect('/track')->with('error', 'Order not found.');
}else{
$order = Order::where('code', $orderCode)->first();
return redirect('/track/' . $order->code);
}
}