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Question

I am getting this error what would be the reason for this
"Undefined variable: quotation"
QuotationController.php
public function update(Request $request, Quotation $quotation)
{
{
$quotation->description= $request['description'];
$quotation->qty= $request['qty'];
$quotation->each_price= $request['each_price'];
$quotation->save();
$info = ['info'=>$quotation];
Mail::send(['text'=>'mail'], $info, function($message){
$pdf = PDF::loadView('employees.quotations.edit', $quotation);
$message->to('example#gmail.com','John Doe')->subject('Quotation');
$message->from('from#gmail.com','The Sender');
$message->attachData($pdf->output(), 'filename.pdf');
});
echo 'Email was sent!';
}
}
public function edit(Quotation $quotation)
{
return view('employees.quotations.edit', compact('quotation'));
//return view('employees.quotations.edit')->with('quotation');
}
......................................................................
routes look like this
Route::post('/quotation', 'Employee\QuotationController#store')->name('employee.quotation.store');
Route::get('/quotation', 'Employee\QuotationController#index')->name('employee.quotation.index');
Route::get('/quotation/create', 'Employee\QuotationController#create')->name('employee.quotation.create');
Route::put('/quotation/{quotation}', 'Employee\QuotationController#update')->name('employee.quotation.update');
Route::get('/quotation/{quotation}', 'Employee\QuotationController#show')->name('employee.quotation.show');
Route::delete('/quotation/{quotation}', 'Employee\QuotationController#destroy')->name('employee.quotation.destroy');
Route::get('/quotation/{quotation}/edit', 'Employee\QuotationController#edit')->name('employee.quotation.edit');
employees.quotations.edit.blade.php looks like this
#section('left-menu')
#endsection
#section('right-menu')
#endsection
#section('content')
<h1>Update a Quotation</h1>
<br><br>
<form action="{{ route('employee.quotation.update',$quotation->id) }}" method="post">
#method('PUT')
#csrf
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputJobDescription">Description</label>
<textarea class="form-control" rows="2" id="inputQuoteDescription" name="description" placeholder="Description">{{$quotation->description}}
</textarea>
</div>
<div class="form-group row">
<label for="inputQty" class="col-2 col-form-label">Qty</label>
<div class="col-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputQty" name="qty" value="{{$quotation->qty}}" oninput="quotation_calculate()" onchange="quotation_calculate()">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group row">
<label for="inputEachPrice" class="col-2 col-form-label">Each Price</label>
<div class="col-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputEachPrice" name="each_price" value="{{$quotation->each_price}}" oninput="quotation_calculate()" onchange="quotation_calculate()">
</div>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>
#endsection
#section('pagescript')
#stop
What am i missing here ? I am already passing $quotation to the edit view

Answer 1

You are obviously not passing the $quotation variable through your route. You are also using the $quotation as an object; that tells me you don't intend passing it through the route. Try the following code:
public function update(Request $request, $quotation_id)
{
$quotation = Quotation::findOrFail($quotation_id);
$quotation->description= $request['description'];
$quotation->qty= $request['qty'];
$quotation->each_price= $request['each_price'];
$quotation->update();
$info = ['info'=>$quotation];
Mail::send(['text'=>'mail'], $info, function($message) use ($quotation){
$pdf = PDF::loadView('employees.quotations.edit', $quotation);
$message->to('example#gmail.com','John Doe')->subject('Quotation');
$message->from('from#gmail.com','The Sender');
$message->attachData($pdf->output(), 'filename.pdf');
});
echo 'Email was sent!';
}
This should work.

Answer 2

Why are you using double brackets to declare a function ? Why not:
public function update(Request $request, Quotation $quotation)
{
$quotation->description= $request['description'];
$quotation->qty= $request['qty'];
$quotation->each_price= $request['each_price'];
$quotation->save();
$info = ['info'=>$quotation];
Mail::send(['text'=>'mail'], $info, function($message){
$pdf = PDF::loadView('employees.quotations.edit', $quotation);
$message->to('example#gmail.com','John Doe')->subject('Quotation');
$message->from('from#gmail.com','The Sender');
$message->attachData($pdf->output(), 'filename.pdf');
});
echo 'Email was sent!';
}

Answer 3

I think you need to pass $quotation into the closure:
Mail::send(['text' => 'mail'], $info, function ($message) use ($quotation) {
$pdf = PDF::loadView('employees.quotations.edit', $quotation);
$message->to('example#gmail.com', 'John Doe')->subject('Quotation');
$message->from('from#gmail.com', 'The Sender');
$message->attachData($pdf->output(), 'filename.pdf');
});