Getting 500 ERROR when doing an AJAX request in Laravel - ajax

Question

I'm new to Laravel. I'm trying to make an AJAX request in my laravel app but I'm getting a 500 (Internal Server Error).
So, here is my request in the .blade file:
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$.ajaxSetup({
headers: {
'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content')
}
});
$('#getRequest').on('click', function () {
$.get('getMessages', function (data) {
$('#target').append(data);
});
});
});
</script>
I added the .ajaxSetup to make sure tokens are not the reason for this problem. So I typed in this .blade file also the following tag:
<meta name="csrf-token" content="{{ csrf_token() }}" />
Here is my route.php file:
Route::get('getMessages', 'PagesController#getMessages');
And here is my controller with the method in cause:
public function getMessages()
{
return "OK";
}
The problem is tricky to me, because I know that I can create a anonimous function in my route.php file for this URI and it's gonna be the same thing. Or not. I don't know because if I actually do this
Route::get('getMessages', function ()
{
return "OK";
});
instead of pointing to a method of a controller, it works! But I need it to work in a controller.
My controller is functioning properly when it comes to other methods and the name of the method is spelled correctly everywhere.
I'm working with XAMPP on Windows. I set XAMPP to work only with the current Laravel app, so when I type in "localhost" in my browser, it gets me to my app page and all of database data fetching work properly.

Answer 1

You should probably set your ENV to local so you can debug your code.
Maybe a faster solution for you would be for you to check the storage/logs/laravel.log and see the last stack trace so you can determine exactly where the error is coming from.