Form model binding not working in laravel 5.2 using laravelcollective - laravel

Question

Hello I'm new to laravel 5.2 and going through some lessons.
For some reason form model binding is not working for me.
{!! Form::model($post, ['method'=>'PATCH', 'action'=> ['PostController#update', $post->id]]) !!}
I received data in $post because I'm using a workaround like this:
{!! Form::text('title', "$post->title" ,['class'=> 'form-control']) !!}
And that is showing my data.
Controller:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Post;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
class PostController extends Controller{
public function update(Request $request, $id){
$post =Post::findOrfail($id);
$post->update($request->all());
return redirect('/posts');
}
}
create.blade.php view:
#section('content')
<h1>Create Post</h1>
{!! Form::open(['method'=>'POST', 'action'=>'PostController#store']) !!}
<!-- Title Form Input -->
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('title', 'Title:') !!}
{!! Form::text('title', 'null', ['class'=> 'form-control']) !!}
</div>
<!-- Form Input -->
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::submit('Create Post', ['class'=> 'btn-primary form-control']) !!}
</div>
{!! Form::close() !!}
#endsection

Answer 1

You shouldn't be quoting the value for null in your input:
{!! Form::text('title', 'null', ['class'=> 'form-control']) !!}
should be
{!! Form::text('title', null, ['class'=> 'form-control']) !!}

Answer 2

Ok, try adding the body of the form into a partial called posts/partials/form.blade.phpand include it between the form open / model and form close tags.
Example:
posts/partials/form.blade.php
<!-- Title Form Input -->
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('title', 'Title:') !!}
{!! Form::text('title', 'null', ['class'=> 'form-control']) !!}
</div>
<!-- Form Input -->
<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::submit($formButtonText, ['class'=> 'btn-primary form-control']) !!}
</div>
posts/create.blade.php
{!! Form::open(['method'=>'POST', 'action'=>'PostController#store']) !!}
#include('posts.partials.form', [
'formSubmitButtonText' => 'Create Post'
])
{!! Form::close() !!}
posts/edit.blade.php
{!! Form::model($post, ['method'=>'PATCH', 'action'=> ['PostController#update', $post->id]]) !!}
#include('posts.partials.form', [
'formSubmitButtonText' => 'Update Post'
])
{!! Form::close() !!}