Calling other function in the same controller?
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I've this controller, and the function read($q) return error Call to undefined function sendRequest()
<?php
class InstagramController extends BaseController {
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Default Home Controller
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| You may wish to use controllers instead of, or in addition to, Closure
| based routes. That's great! Here is an example controller method to
| get you started. To route to this controller, just add the route:
|
| Route::get('/', 'HomeController@showWelcome');
|
*/
public function read($q)
{
$client_id = 'ea7bee895ef34ed08eacad639f515897';
$uri = 'https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/'.$q.'/media/recent?client_id='.$client_id;
return sendRequest($uri);
}
public function sendRequest($uri){
$curl = curl_init($uri);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
return $response;
}
}
I'm assuming it's because I'm referencing the function in the wrong manner, but I can't find any explanations for how to do it.
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
Try:
return $this->sendRequest($uri);
Since PHP is not a pure Object-Orieneted language, it interprets sendRequest() as an attempt to invoke a globally defined function (just like nl2br() for example), but since your function is part of a class ('InstagramController'), you need to use $this to point the interpreter in the right direction.
Solution 2 - Php
Yes. Problem is in wrong notation. Use:
$this->sendRequest($uri)
Instead. Or
self::staticMethod()
for static methods. Also read this for getting idea of OOP - http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php
Solution 3 - Php
You can call the method with $this->methodNameYouWantToCall($thing_you_want_to_pass).
In Your case you can something like this......
return $this->sendRequest($uri);
Solution 4 - Php
To call a function inside a same controller in any laravel version follow as bellow
$role = $this->sendRequest('parameter');
// sendRequest is a public function