I'm building a REST application and I have a doubt about the best practice in case of different routes calling the same controller method.
Example:
Route::post('/company/{id}/people/store', 'PeopleController#store')
Route::post('/people', 'PeopleController#store')
In the first case, I have an extra parameter $company_id to link the person to the company.
Is it correct, or I should use a different method for each route?
Usually, you're storing form data, so just add an extra parameter using hidden input:
<input type="hidden" name="company_id" value="{{ $company->id }}">
Then in the store() method you can get this parameter with:
public function store(Request $request)
{
$companyId = $request->company_id;
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I try to learn Laravel (v.9) from scratch but fail to do a simple basic task:
I just want to send "post_var" by POST request and display the var.
My form (blade template):
<form action="/post_and_show" method="POST">
#csrf
#method('post')
<input type="text" name="post_var">
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>
My Route (in web.php) with some dd() i tried to find the problem
Route::post('/post_and_show', function (Request $request) {
dd($request->method()); // returns GET ?? !!
// chrome debugger network tab show clearly its a POST request...
dd($request->all()); // returns empty Array
dd($request->post_var); // returns null
dd($request->getContent()); // returns string but i want param only
// "_token=yBBYpQ303a1tSiGtQF6zFCF6p6S7qadVfHMk4W7Q&_method=post&post_var=12345"
});
What am i doing wrong here?
Tried several methods i found in the documentation but non worked so far.
EDIT: I removed "#method('post')"
Btw.: My initial version that did not work either had no "#method('post')". I added it later on in the hope it might help...
<form action="/post_and_show" method="POST">
#csrf
<input type="text" name="post_var">
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>
But have still the same problems:
Route::post('/post_and_show', function (Request $request) {
dd($request->method()); // returns GET ?? !! but chrome says its a post request
dd($request->post_var); // returns null
dd($request->get('post_var'));// returns null
dd($request->getContent()); // returns complete body and header in one string
dd($request->all()); // return empty Array
});
EDIT 2:
Googleing i found "createFromGlobals":
use Illuminate\HTTP\Request; // just added this to show which class i use here...
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::post('/post_and_show', function () {
dd(Request::createFromGlobals()->get('post_var')); // returning expected value
});
This works for me, but i can't find this method in documentation. Sorry, i am new to laravel and even php, so this seems all completely crazy to me.. ;-)
EDIT 3:
If i use a simple Controller it works too...
Controller:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class FormController extends Controller
{
public function show(Request $request)
{
dd($request->post_var); // returns expected value...
}
}
Route:
Route::post('post_and_show', [FormController::class, 'show']);
So only in case i use the $request immediatly in the callback it does not work as expected. ( Either by design or bug??)
I am trying delete database data in Laravel. but this is not working my way.
my view page is
{{url('/deleteReview/'.$Review->id)}}
my web is
Route::post('/deleteReview/{id}','adminController#deleteReview');
my controller delete function is
public function deleteReview($id){
$deleteReview = Review::find($id);
$deleteReview->delete();
return redirect('/manageReview');
}
Are you trying to delete the review by opening the page /deleteReview/<id> in your browser? If so, this would be a GET request, so change the route to a get route:
Route::get('/deleteReview/{id}','adminController#deleteReview');
Please note as per the comments that a GET request should never change data server side. If data is changed using a GET request then there is a risk that spiders or browser prefetch will delete the data.
The correct way to do this in Laravel is using a POST request and use Form Method Spoofing to simulate a DELETE request. Your route entry would then look like this:
Route::delete('/deleteReview/{id}','adminController#deleteReview');
And your form would look like this:
<form action="/deleteReview/{{ $Review->id }}" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="DELETE">
<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
</form>
At Controller you should first set Validation for ID that you have to Delete. Create your own customize request handler such as DeleteRequest.
Once you get ID at Controller then used this code
public function deleteReview(DeleteRequest $id){
DB::table('reviews')->where('id', $id)->delete();
return redirect('/manageReview');
}
I hope it will work.
My application uses Lavarel and I have certain ReactJS components. Routing is done by Laravel. For a route /Users/<userid>, if the controller is UserController.php and view is userview.blade.php, how do I get the <userid> from the URL in my react component loaded in a div on userview.blade.php?
You can try out this library from Laracasts which allows you to pass server-side data (string/array/collection) to your JavaScript via a Facade in your Controller.
This may look something like this (haven't tested it, but you get the gist).
public function UserController($userid)
{
JavaScript::put([
'userid' => $userid,
]);
return View::make('yourview');
}
The docs further show how to access it from your view.
https://github.com/laracasts/PHP-Vars-To-Js-Transformer
UserController.php
you can access the userid and send it to view like this:
public function getUser($userid) {
return view('userview')->with('userid', $userid);
}
userview.blade.php
you can grab it (in some input) like this:
<input type="text" value="{{ $userid }}" />
This is, how I understand your problem. If it is not so, kindly correct me!!!
if the validation fails it's not clear to me how i could pass the old input to fill again the form.
I mean, I know how to pass the data when using the Validator class and redirecting after fail with the method withInput(), but I'm trying to learn how to use Form Requests provided in laravel 5. Thanks
$username = Request::old('username');
or in view:
{{ old('username') }}
Read more: http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/requests#old-input
You can redirect with old data like below with validation error
return redirect()->back()->withErrors($validator)->withInput();
<input type="text" name="username" value="{{ old('username') }}">
you must also define withInput() for the http route when redirecting to a page for example
return back()->withInput();
I know browsers only support POST and GET requests, and Laravel supports PUT requests using the following code:
<?= Form::open('/path/', 'PUT'); ?>
... form stuff ...
<?= Form::close(); ?>
This produces the following HTML
<form method="POST" action="http://example.com/home/" accept-charset="UTF-8">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT" />
... form stuff ...
</form>
How does the framework handle this? Does it capture the POST request before deciding which route to send the request off to? Does it use ajax to send an actual PUT to the framework?
It inserts a hidden field, and that field mentions it is a PUT or DELETE request
See here:
echo Form::open('user/profile', 'PUT');
results in:
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT">
Then it looks for _method when routing in the request.php core file (look for 'spoofing' in the code) - and if it detects it - will use that value to route to the correct restful controller.
It is still using "POST" to achieve this. There is no ajax used.
Laravel uses the symfony Http Foundation which checks for this _method variable and changes the request to either PUT or DELETE based on its contents. Yes, this happens before routing takes place.
You can also use an array within your form open like so:
{{ Form::open( array('route' => array('equipment.update', $item->id ),
'role' => 'form',
'method' => 'put')) }}
Simply change the method to what you want.
While a late answer, I feel it is important to add this for anyone else who finds this and can't get their API to work.
When using Laravel's resource routes like this:
Route::resource('myRoute','MyController');
It will expect a PUT in order to call the update() method. For this to work normally (outside of a form submission), you need to make sure you pass the ContentType as x-www-form-urlencoded. This is default for forms, but making requests with cURL or using a tool like Postman will not work unless you set this.
PUT usually refers to update request.
When you open a form inside laravel blade template using,
{{ Form::open('/path/', 'PUT') }}
It would create a hidden field inside the form as follows,
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT" />
In order for you to process the PUT request inside your controller, you would need to create a method with a put prefix,
for example, putMethodName()
so if you specify,
{{ Form::open('controller/methodName/', 'PUT') }}
inside Form:open. Then you would need to create a controller method as follows,
class Controller extends BaseController {
public function putMethodName()
{
// put - usual update code logic goes here
}
}