Laravel Update Function Not Running Correct Response - laravel

Question

When I attempt to update a record in my Laravel application, it is running the wrong URL causing an error 404. This function was working fine when I was developing locally however now it is hosted on a one.com server, it has stopped working.
edit.blade.php
<form method="POST" action="gins/{{ $gins->id }}">
#method('PATCH')
#csrf
<div class="field">
<label class="label" for="gin">Gin</label>
<div class="control">
<input type="text" class="input" name="gin"
placeholder="Gin" value="{{ $gins->gin }}">
</div>
</div>
<div class="field">
<label class="label" for="size">Bottle Size(ml)</label>
<div class="control">
<input type="text" class="input" name="size"
placeholder="Size (ml)" value="{{ $gins->size }}">
</div>
</div>
<div class="field">
<label class="label" for="price">Price(£)</label>
<div class="control">
<input type="text" class="input" name="price"
placeholder="Price of Gin" value="{{ $gins->price }}">
</div>
</div>
<div class="field">
<div class="control">
<button type="submit" class="button is-success">Update Record
</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
Route
Route::patch('gins/{gin}', 'PostsController#update')->middleware('auth');
Auth::routes();
Controller
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$gins = \App\Gins::findOrFail($id);
$gins->gin = request('gin');
$gins->size = request('size');
$gins->price = request('price');
$gins->save();
return redirect('gins');
}
The URL for the edit page is Laravel/gins/7/edit. When I click the submit button it's returning the URL Laravel/gins/7/gins/7 when it should be redirecting back to Laravel/gins/7.
The 7 in the Url is the record id from the particular record I'm attempting to update.

Answer 1

It's always a bad idea to hardcode urls like that. The following
<form method="POST" action="gins/{{ $gins->id }}">
in a route like laravel/gins/ would evaluate to laravel/gins/gins/7.
Also, routes change all the time in a dynamic web application. For this reason, I'd suggest you to use Named Routes.
For example:
Route::patch('gins/{gin}', 'PostsController#update')
->middleware('auth')
->name('posts.update');
and then change your form action to this:
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('posts.update', ['gin' => $gins->id]) }}">
I would also clean up your update() method a bit.
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$gins = \App\Gins::findOrFail($id);
$gins->gin = request('gin');
$gins->size = request('size');
$gins->price = request('price');
$gins->save();
// change this to a named route as well
return redirect('gins');
// or if you just want to return back to the previous page, you can do
// return back();
}