how to hide id in url in laravel? - laravel

Question

I am creating ecommerce website in Laravel and I want to hide productdetails id in url. What can I change in code plz need solution.
Web.php
Route::get('/productdetail{id}','ProductDetailController#display_products_details');
controller code:
public function display_products_details($id)
{
$data = DB::select('select * from subcategory inner join product_details on subcategory.sub_id=product_details.sub_id where product_details.sub_id = ?',[$id]);
return view('productdetails',['data'=>$data]);
}
link tag code:
{{ $value->name_of_subcategory }}
path I getting:
localhost:8000/productdetail12
But actually I want Localhost:8000/productdetail

Answer 1

You can do this by having the id as part of the request body so it will not be visible in the URL (it will still be visible to anyone inspecting the request body via their browser developer tools).
You can do this by using a form to send a post request:
Route::post('/productdetail','ProductDetailController#display_products_details');
The link will change to a form:
<form method="POST" action="{{ action('ProductDetailController#display_products_details') }}>
#csrf
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ $value->sub_id }}" />
<button type="submit">{{ $value->name_of_subcategory }}</button>
</form>
You may need to style the button to look like a link.
The controller becomes:
public function display_products_details(Request $request)
{
$request->validate([ 'id' => 'required|int' ]);
$id = $request->input('id');
$data = DB::select('select * from subcategory inner join product_details on subcategory.sub_id=product_details.sub_id where product_details.sub_id = ?',[$id]);
return view('productdetails',['data'=>$data]);
}
Note that while this is theoretically possible it does result in very bad user experience. People can't share product links with others for example