take (4)->get (); return view ("home", compact ("latest_users")); } public function search () { $query = request ()->get ("query"); // check if the query is empty if (empty ($query)) { return redirect ()->route ("home"); } // check if the search is a federated user $user_handle = array_slice (explode ("@", $query), 1); if (count ($user_handle) > 1) { $username = $user_handle[0]; $domain = $user_handle[1]; $actor = TypeActor::actor_exists_or_obtain_from_handle ($username, $domain); if (!$actor) return redirect ()->route ("home"); return redirect ()->route ("users.show", "@$actor->preferredUsername@$domain"); } } }