Link Button Not Working in Laravel - laravel

Question

I want to edit a record in a CRUD application in laravel where I have a button which has been linked to go to the index view but when I click it, it redirects me to the UPDATE method of the controller.
This is my form:
{!! Form::open(['route' => ['players.update', $player->id], 'method' => 'PUT', 'files'=>'true']) !!}
<div class="row col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 panel">
<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
<br />
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::label('name', 'Player Name') }}
{{ Form::text('name', $player->name, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::label('file', 'Upload Image') }}
{{ Form::file('pic') }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{{Form::button('Save Record', ['type' => 'submit', 'class' => 'btn btn-success'])}}
{!! Form::close() !!}
<a href="{{ route('players.index') }}">
<button class="btn btn-danger" >Cancel</button>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
I have the following button for going back to the index page but this is taking me to the UPDATE method of the controller:
<a href="{{ route('players.index') }}">
<button class="btn btn-danger" >Cancel</button>
</a>
This is my index method in the controller:
public function index()
{
$players = Player::paginate(5);
return view('players.index', compact('players'));
}
This is the UPDATE method in the controller:
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
return "Hi";
}
This is my route file contents:
Route::resource('news', 'NewsController');
Route::resource('competition', 'CompetitionsController');
Route::resource('players', 'PlayersConroller');
Everything looks fine to me but I don't know what goes wrong here.
Any help is appreciated in advance.

Answer 1

I am not sure if it will solve your issue, try to put your button code outside the form-group div.
You can change your code as
Cancel
You can check your html you have put button inside form tag which of type submit that's why it is submitting the form again.
Replace your form code with:
<div class="row col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 panel">
<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
{!! Form::open(['route' => ['players.update', $player->id], 'method' => 'PUT', 'files'=>'true']) !!}
<br />
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::label('name', 'Player Name') }} {{ Form::text('name', $player->name, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{{ Form::label('file', 'Upload Image') }} {{ Form::file('pic') }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
{{Form::button('Save Record', ['type' => 'submit', 'class' => 'btn btn-success'])}}
</div>
{!! Form::close() !!}
</div>
<a href="{{ route('players.index') }}">
<button class="btn btn-danger">Cancel</button>
</a>
</div>