Laravel form submission sending to the wrong route? - laravel

Question

I have a very simple form:
{!! Form::open(['route' => ['complete.order']]) !!}
{!! Form::hidden('date', \Carbon\Carbon::now()->format('F j, Y ')) !!}
{!! Form::hidden('web_token', $order->web_token) !!}
{!! Form::submit('Place this order', ['class'=>'btn btn-primary']) !!}
{!! Form::close() !!}
When I visit the page, this renders as follows:
<form method="POST" action="http://site.localhost/place-order" accept-charset="UTF-8">
<input name="_token" type="hidden" value="kc6d4XoZ78RvJNtQbN8lavpLP7e1lI7rTGBvbeIP">
<input name="date" type="hidden" value="December 21, 2018 ">
<input name="id" type="hidden" value="15">
<input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Place this order">
</form>
Here are the relevant routes:
Route::get('/orders/form', 'OrdersController#viewform')->name('orderform');
Route::post('/orders/review', 'OrdersController#review')->name('orders.review');
Route::post('/place-order', 'OrdersController#store')->name('complete.order');
Route::resource('/orders', 'OrdersController', ['except'=>['edit', 'update', 'destroy', 'show', 'store']])->middleware('auth');
Route::get('/orders/{order}', 'OrdersController#show')->name('orders.show');
When I click on the submit button, I'm directed to site.localhost/orders/review, which according to the debug bar is being passed to as a GET request, not POST.
I can't figure out why this is happening. The form should be going to site.localhost/place-order, which currently just outputs return('place') for testing.
The code in OrdersController#show currently outputs return('show'). I've done the same across all of the OrdersController methods for testing.
Adding php artisan route output
+--------+-----------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Domain | Method | URI | Name | Action | Middleware |
+--------+-----------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| | GET|HEAD | / | | App\Http\Controllers\HomeController#index | web,auth |
| | GET|HEAD | _debugbar/assets/javascript | debugbar.assets.js | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Controllers\AssetController#js | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Middleware\DebugbarEnabled,Closure |
| | GET|HEAD | _debugbar/assets/stylesheets | debugbar.assets.css | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Controllers\AssetController#css | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Middleware\DebugbarEnabled,Closure |
| | DELETE | _debugbar/cache/{key}/{tags?} | debugbar.cache.delete | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Controllers\CacheController#delete | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Middleware\DebugbarEnabled,Closure |
| | GET|HEAD | _debugbar/clockwork/{id} | debugbar.clockwork | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Controllers\OpenHandlerController#clockwork | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Middleware\DebugbarEnabled,Closure |
| | GET|HEAD | _debugbar/open | debugbar.openhandler | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Controllers\OpenHandlerController#handle | Barryvdh\Debugbar\Middleware\DebugbarEnabled,Closure |
| | GET|HEAD | api/user | | Closure | api,auth:api |
| | GET|HEAD | confirm-account/{token} | | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#create | web |
| | GET|HEAD | home | home | App\Http\Controllers\HomeController#index | web,auth |
| | GET|HEAD | login | login | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController#showLoginForm | web,guest |
| | POST | login | | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController#login | web,guest |
| | POST | logout | logout | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController#logout | web |
| | GET|HEAD | my-account | my-account.index | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#index | web,auth |
| | POST | my-account | my-account.store | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#store | web,auth |
| | GET|HEAD | my-account/create | my-account.create | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#create | web,auth |
| | PUT|PATCH | my-account/{my_account} | my-account.update | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#update | web,auth |
| | DELETE | my-account/{my_account} | my-account.destroy | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#destroy | web,auth |
| | GET|HEAD | my-account/{my_account} | my-account.show | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#show | web,auth |
| | GET|HEAD | my-account/{my_account}/edit | my-account.edit | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#edit | web,auth |
| | POST | orders | orders.store | App\Http\Controllers\OrdersController#store | web,auth |
| | GET|HEAD | orders | orders.index | App\Http\Controllers\OrdersController#index | web,auth |
| | GET|HEAD | orders/create | orders.create | App\Http\Controllers\OrdersController#create | web,auth |
| | GET|HEAD | orders/form | orderform | App\Http\Controllers\OrdersController#viewform | web |
| | POST | orders/review | orders.review | App\Http\Controllers\OrdersController#review | web |
| | GET|HEAD | orders/{order} | orders.show | App\Http\Controllers\OrdersController#show | web |
| | POST | password/email | password.email | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\ForgotPasswordController#sendResetLinkEmail | web,guest |
| | POST | password/reset | | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\ResetPasswordController#reset | web,guest |
| | GET|HEAD | password/reset | password.request | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\ForgotPasswordController#showLinkRequestForm | web,guest |
| | GET|HEAD | password/reset/{token} | password.reset | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\ResetPasswordController#showResetForm | web,guest |
| | POST | place-order | complete.order | App\Http\Controllers\OrdersController#store | web |
| | POST | register | | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\RegisterController#register | web,guest |
| | GET|HEAD | register | register | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\RegisterController#showRegistrationForm | web,guest |
| | POST | user/store | user.store | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#store | web |
+--------+-----------+-------------------------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+

Answer 1

Okay, I'm a complete and utter idiot.
The problem was that I was using a custom request for validation, which this route didn't meet. So it was actually returning the page back with errors, but since I didn't realize this it wasn't showing any errors.

Answer 2

Your problem is generated because you are using Route::resource, this route defines, index, create, store, show, edit, update and destroy routes for your controller and you're trying to overwrite the store route:
Route::post('/place-order', 'OrdersController#store')->name('complete.order');
You can use change your form code like this:
{!! Form::open(['route' => ['orders.store']]) !!}
Or you can create a new function in your controller:
public function newfucntion(Request $request)
{
//All your code here
}
Then create the new route:
Route::post('/place-order', 'OrdersController#newFunction')->name('complete.order');
And then change your form like this:
{!! Form::open(['route' => ['complete.order']]) !!}