Where clause not working in laravel 5.2

Question

i have problem the problem is Where Clause not work in my project, i make sure to follow instruction on laravel documentation but the data in my table is not show on my datatable, i hope you can help me.

AbsenController@index

public function index()
{
    $absen = Absen::get()->where('level', '=', 'Siswa');
    return view('absen.index')->with('data', $absen);
}

index.blade.php

@foreach($data as $index => $value)
            <tr>
              <td>{{ $index+1 }}</td>
              <td>{{ $value->nama }}</td>
              <td>{{ $value->keterangan }}</td>
              <td>
                {!! Form::open(['route' => ['siswa.destroy', $value->id], 
                   'method' => 'DELETE']) !!}
                  {{ Form::submit('Hapus', ['class' => 'btn btn-danger']) }}
                  <a href="{{ route('siswa.edit', $value->id) }}" class="btn 
                 btn-warning">Edit</a>
                {!! Form::close() !!}
              </td>
            </tr>
            @endforeach

The record is not showing in my datatable

But i have one record in my table Thanks

Answer 1

You are fetching records before filtering with where..

You should do:

$absen = Absen::where('level', '=', 'Siswa')->get();

instead.