Send response from other method in Laravel
In Laravel, generally, you can send the response back to the client only from the method that was directly called from the route. But there is a way to send a response from other method as well.
Let’s say you created the following route:
// routes/web.php
use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
Route::get("/response-other-method", [UserController::class, "responseOtherMethod"]);
And in your UserController class, you have the following 2 methods:
// App/Http/Controllers/UserController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
class UserController extends Controller
{
public function otherMethod()
{
return response()->json([
"message" => "Hello Laravel"
]);
}
public function responseOtherMethod()
{
$this->otherMethod();
}
}
Note that the function “responseOtherMethod()” is called directly from the route. But it is further calling the “otherMethod()” function. Right now, you will see an empty blank page when you access that route:
http://localhost/laravel/response-other-method
Laravel is calling both of these functions, it is just not returning the response from the second function. To return the response from otherMethod() method, just call throwResponse() from it.
Solution
return response()->json([
"message" => "Hello Laravel"
])->throwResponse();
You will be able to see the response now If you access that route again. Learn more on Laravel.