How to make Highlight for search results by Laravel 5.2? - laravel

Question

in view:
#if($posts)
#foreach($posts as$post)
<h2>
{{$post->title}}
</h2>
<p class="lead">
by {{$post->user->name}}
</p>
<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></span> Posted {{$post->created_at->diffForHumans()}}</p>
<hr>
<img class="img-responsive" src="{{$post->photo->file}}" alt="">
<hr>
{!! str_limit($post->body,35 )!!}
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="{{route('home.post',$post->id)}}">Read More <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right"></span></a>
<hr>
#endforeach
#endif
in controller:
public function searchmulti(){
$keyword=Input::get('title');
$posts = Post::where('title', 'like', "%$keyword%")->get();
return view('Admin.comments.postsauthor',compact('posts'));
}
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Answer 1

convert search result to array with toArray() method (see here) and then
iterate through results and use str_replace to replace searched word with <span class="highlight">your word</span>
after this you will have $post['title'] (instead of $post->title) with highlighted span inside
of course you must add .highlight with some styling in your css
$posts = Post::where('title', 'like', "%$keyword%")->get()->toArray();
foreach($posts as &$post){
$post['title']=str_replace($keyword,"<span class='highlight'>$keyword</span>",$post['title']);
}
PS if you don't want to convert results to array you can edit tile in eloquent model directly but I prefer arrays to be certain that I don't save changes accidently