team_directory/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use DB;
use Mail;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;

class AdminController extends Controller
{
    
    public function index () {
        return view('Admin.index');
    }
    
    public function login (Request $request) {
        $data = $request->all();
        
        if ((!isset($data['mail'])) || (!isset($data['password']))){
            $errors = '1';
            return view('Admin.index', compact('errors'));
        }

        $credentials = [
            'mail' => $data['mail'],
            'password' => $data['password']
        ];
        
        try {
            if (Auth::attempt($credentials)) {
                $user = DB::table('users')->where('email', '=', $credentials['mail'])
                ->get(['name']);
                
                $credentials['name'] = $user[0]->name;
                Session::push('credentials', $credentials);

                return redirect()->route('employees');
            }
            else{   
                $errors = '2';
                return view('Admin.index', compact('errors'));
            }
        } catch (\Exception $ex) {
            Log::channel('error')->info('Error:'.$ex);
        }
    }

    
    public function logout (Request $request) {
    
        $request->session()->flush();
        $request->session()->regenerate();
        Auth::logout();
        return redirect()->route('login');
    }


    public function search (Request $request) {
        $data = $request->all();
        $criteria = $data['search'];
        
        $users = User::where('name', 'LIKE', '%'.$criteria.'%')
                        ->orWhere('department', 'LIKE', '%'.$criteria.'%')
                        ->get();

        $curr_user = $request->session()->get('credentials');
        $data = [
            'users' => $users,
            'curr_user' => $curr_user[0]['name']
        ];

        return view('Admin.employees', compact('data'));
    }


    public function show (Request $request) {
        $users = DB::table('users')->orderBy('name')->get();
        $curr_user = $request->session()->get('credentials');

        $data = [
            'users' => $users,
            'curr_user' => $curr_user[0]['name']
        ];

        return view('Admin.employees')->with(compact('data'));
    }


    public function import () { 
        
        try {
            Artisan::call('ldap:import user -n');
            DB::table('users')->where('description', '=', 'Test Account')->delete();
            return redirect()->route('employees');
        } catch (\Exception $ex) {
            Log::channel('error')->info('Error:'.$ex);
        }
    }


    
    public function export (Request $request) {
        $data = array('data' => json_decode($request->data));
        return response()->json($data);
    }

    public function sort (Request $request, $sortBy) {
        
        $data = array('data' => json_decode($request->data));

        if ($sortBy != 'name'){
            $sorted = collect($data['data'])->sortByDesc($sortBy);
        }
        else {
            $sorted = collect($data['data'])->sortBy($sortBy);
        }
        
        $data = $sorted->values()->all();
        $curr_user = $request->session()->get('credentials');

        $data = [
            'users' => $data,
            'curr_user' => $curr_user[0]['name']
        ];

        return view('Admin.employees', compact('data'));
    }    
}