Using 2 Controller Functions in a View in Laravel - laravel

Question

I want to have two loops in my view, so I wrote these two functions
public function index()
{
$books = Book::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->take(10)->get();
return view('bookpage')->with('books', $books);
}
public function loggedin()
{
$books = Book::orderBy('RAND()')->take(1)->get();
return view('bookpage')->with('books', $books);
}
In the view I have
<!--First Loop -->
#foreach($books as $book)
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="out-box">
<h2>{{ $book->name }}</h2>
<h3>{{ $book->author->name }}</h3>
<br>
Start Reading<br><br>
<img src="assets/img/cart-buy.png" width="13px"/> Buy
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="aboutbook" type="radio" name="tabs" checked>
<label for="aboutbook" class="aboutbook">About This Book</label>
<input id="bookreview" type="radio" name="tabs">
<label for="bookreview" class="bookreview">Reviews</label>
<hr style="background-color:black;">
<section style="padding-top:5px;" id="bookabout" >
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<p>{{ $book -> about }}</p>
<h1>About the Author</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-3 col-6">
<img src="assets/img/Ellipse.png" class="rounded-circle" width="120px">
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-6">
<h1>{{ $book->author->name }}</h1>
<h4>{{ $book->author->about }}</h4>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-5">
<div id="learnbtn">
Learn More
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section style="padding-top:5px;" id="bookabout1" >
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</section>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endforeach
</section>
<!--Second Loop -->
#foreach($books as $book)
#if($book->recommended === 1)
<div class="col-1-5">
<div class="home-catalog-image">
<a href="{{ $book->image_url }}" target="_blank">
<!-- <img src="{{ $book->image }}" alt="trending image" /> -->
<img src="{{ $book->image_url }}" class="img-responsive" alt="{{ $book->image_url }}">
</a>
<!-- <img src="{{ asset('/books/'.$book->image) }}" alt="trending image" /> -->
</div>
<p class="author">{{ $book->author->name }}</p>
<h1 class="book-title">{{str_limit($book -> name, 20) }}</h1>
</div>
#endif
#endforeach
In my web.php
Route::get('/', 'WelcomeController#index')->name('welcome');
I want to call another function in the view, although I know the method is wrong, I don't know how to go about it.

Answer 1

You don't have to create two different method for logged in user just use
public function index()
{
if(auth()->user()) {
$books = Book::orderBy('RAND()')->take(1)->get();
} else $books = Book::orderBy('created_at', 'desc')->take(10)->get();
return view('bookpage')->with('books', $books);
}
in view file use
#auth
//code for logged in user
#else
//code for guest user
#endauth

Answer 2

I was able to solve my problem like this
public function loggedin()
{
$data = array();
$data['recommends'] = Book::where('recommended', 1)->take(10)->get();
$data['latests'] = Book::orderBy('created_at', 'desc',)->where('recommended', 0)->take(10)->get();
$data['logged'] = Book::all()->random(1);
return view('index-logged', compact("data"));
}
In my view, I did
#foreach($data['logged'] as $log)
<h1>{{ $log->author->name }}</h1>
<h4>{{ $log->author->about }}</h4>
#endforeach
#foreach($data['recommends'] as $recommend)
<p class="author">{{ $recommend->author->name }}</p>
<h1 class="book-title">{{str_limit($recommend -> name, 20) }}</h1>
#endforeach
#foreach($data['latests'] as $latest)
<p class="author">{{ $latest->author->name }}</p>
<h1 class="book-title">{{str_limit($latest -> name, 20) }}</h1>
#endforeach