ArticlesController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Article;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class ArticlesController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $articles = article::all();
        return view("posts")-with("articles", $articles);
       // return $articles;
        //
    }

    /**
     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function create()
    {
        //
        return view('posts.create');
    }

    /**
     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        //
          // Validate data
        $this->validate($request, array(
            'title' => 'required | max:100',
            'content' => 'required',
            'link'  => 'required'
        ));

        //store in the database
        $post = new Article;

        $post->title = $request->title;
        $post->content = $request->content;
        $post->link = $request->link;

        $post->save();

        return redirect()->route('posts.show', $post->id);

    }

    /**
     * Display the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  \App\articles  $articles
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function show(articles $articles)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Show the form for editing the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  \App\articles  $articles
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function edit(articles $articles)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Update the specified resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \App\articles  $articles
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function update(Request $request, articles $articles)
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Remove the specified resource from storage.
     *
     * @param  \App\articles  $articles
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function destroy(articles $articles)
    {
        //
    }
}