laravel_demo/app/Http/Controllers/BookController.php

<?php

// php artisan make:controller BookController
// app/Http/Controllers/BookController.php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

// Фасад DB здесь не используется; здесь используется модель
use App\Models\Book;

class BookController extends Controller {
	function index() {
		$books = Book::all(); // Достать все книги

		return view("books", ["rows" => $books]);
	}

	function add() {
		return view("form");
	}

	function view($id) {
		return ["id" => $id];
	}

	function store(Request $request) {
		$request->validate([
			"name" => "required",
			"annotation" => "nullable",
			"pagecount" => "nullable|numeric",
			"year" => "nullable|numeric",
			"isbn" => "nullable"
		], [
			"name" => "Книга должна иметь название."
		]);

		$arr = $request;

		$book = new Book;
		$book->name = $arr->name;
		$book->annotation = $arr->annotation;
		$book->pagecount = $arr->pagecount;
		$book->year = $arr->year;
		$book->isbn = $arr->isbn;
		$book->authors = 0;
		$book->save();

		return view("success");
	}
}