Laravel NotFoundHttpException in RouteCollection.php - laravel

Question

Am new to laravel and found it very difficult to devise a code for uploading CSV file to MySQL...I have done the following coding...
Controller:
public function index()
{
return view('items.items');
}
public function import(Request $request)
{
if($request->file('imported-file'))
{
$path = $request->file('imported-file')->getRealPath();
$data = Excel::load($path, function($reader) {})->get();
if(!empty($data) && $data->count())
{
$data = $data->toArray();
for($i=0;$i<count($data);$i++)
{
$dataImported[] = $data[$i];
}
}
Inventory::insert($dataImported);
}
return back();
}
In View:
<form action="{{route('items.import')}}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<div class="col-md-6">
{{csrf_field()}}
<input type="file" name="imported-file"/>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Import</button>
</div>
</form>
In Routes.php
Route::get('items', 'ItemController#index');
Route::post('items/import',[ 'uses' => 'ItemController#import', 'as'
=> 'items.import'] );
This gives me an error called NotFoundHttpException in RouteCollection.php
All what I can understand that there is some method or controller is missing in my code but could not figured out what is that...can anyone please help me here I am really got stuck into this for quiet a long time.

Answer 1

First try using
Route::get('items/import',[ 'uses' => 'ItemController#import', 'as' => 'items.import'] );
if the items/import is accessed then
Route::any('items/import',[ 'uses' => 'ItemController#import', 'as' => 'items.import'] );
Other than this you might want to use:
<form action="/items/import" method="post" and keep the post in route
instead of
<form action="{{route('items.import')}}" method="post"

Answer 2

You need to define just simple route
Route::any('items/import',ItemController#import);
and make sure that you have to add a dependency in the controller. is it there? Like:
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;

Answer 3

run those command and then refres page
1.php artisan route:clear
2.php artisan cache:clear
3.composer dumpautoload
and last one is
4.composer update

Answer 4

You should try this your form like:
<form action="{{ url('items/import') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
And your import function like:
use Redirect;
public function import(Request $request)
{
if($request->file('imported-file'))
{
$path = $request->file('imported-file')->getRealPath();
$data = Excel::load($path, function($reader) {
})->get();
if(!empty($data) && $data->count())
{
$data = $data->toArray();
for($i=0;$i<count($data);$i++)
{
$dataImported[] = $data[$i];
}
}
Inventory::insert($dataImported);
}
return redirect()->route('items.import');
}
Updated answer
Route::get('items', 'ItemController#index')->name('items');
Route::post('items/import', 'ItemController#import')->name('items.import');
public function import(Request $request)
{
if($request->file('imported-file'))
{
$path = $request->file('imported-file')->getRealPath();
$data = Excel::load($path, function($reader) {
})->get();
if(!empty($data) && $data->count())
{
$data = $data->toArray();
for($i=0;$i<count($data);$i++)
{
$dataImported[] = $data[$i];
}
}
Inventory::insert($dataImported);
}
return redirect()->route('items.import');
}