public function index()
{
$message = null;
$cartitems = null;
if (!Session::get('cart_id')) {
$message = "You have nothing in your cart";
return view('cart.index', compact('message', 'cartitems'));
} else {
$cart_id = Session::get('cart_id');
$cart = Cart::whereId($cart_id)->firstOrFail();
$cartitems = $cart->cartitems()->get();
// total up the cart
$grandtotal = 0;
foreach ($cartitems as $item) {
$grandtotal += $item->price_total;
}
$cart->total = $grandtotal;
$cart->save();
// =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
return view('cart.index', compact('message', 'cartitems', 'cart'));
}
}