stagfe2/app/Http/Controllers/PayerController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;

use App\Models\Payer;
class PayerController extends Controller
{

    public function search(Request $request){
		$validatedData = Validator::make($request->all(), [
			'term' => 'required|string|min:2',
		]);

		if ($validatedData->fails()) return $this->fail($validatedData->errors()->first());

		[
			'term' => $query,
		] = $request->all();


		$wildCardedQuery = '%' . $query . '%';

		$payers = Payer::where(function ($query) use ($wildCardedQuery) {
			return $query->where('name', 'ilike', $wildCardedQuery)
			->orWhere('memo', 'ilike', $wildCardedQuery);
		});
		$payers = $payers->get();
		return $this->pass($payers);
	}
    
}