Laravel validation throwing route error - validation

Question

I am attempting a basic validation check on form fields in the controller. The code is below:
$validator = Validator::make(
array('email' => 'required|min:7'),
array('password' => 'required|min:7'),
array('firstName' => 'required'),
array('lastName' => 'required'));
if ($validator->fails())
{
// The given data did not pass validation
/*Get error msgs from validator*/
return Redirect::to('members.registration')->withErrors($validator);
}
The parameter passed to Redirect::to here is the folder members and registration view which resides in it. The problem is being caused by this line specifically:
return Redirect::to('members.registration')->withErrors($validator);
When it is commented out, form submission returns a blank white page. Otherwise the following error in the picture is shown
The route file has the following content:
Route::get('/', 'MainController#index');
Route::get('membersaccess', array('as' => 'membersaccess', 'uses' => 'MainController#loadMembersAccess'));
Route::get('signin', array('as' => 'signin', 'uses' => 'MembersController#loadlogin'));
Route::get('signup', array('as' => 'signup', 'uses' => 'MembersController#loadRegistration'));
Route::post('postLogin', array('as' => 'postLogin', 'uses' => 'MembersController#login'));
Route::post('postRegistration', array('as' => 'postRegistration', 'uses' => 'MembersController#registration'));
function containing the validation part is:
public function registration()
{
$email = Input::get('email');
$password = md5(Input::get('password'));
$firstName = Input::get('firstName');
$lastName = Input::get('lastName');
$country = Input::get('country');
//echo $email;
$validator = Validator::make(
array('email' => 'required|min:7'),
array('password' => 'required|min:7'),
array('firstName' => 'required'),
array('lastName' => 'required'));
if ($validator->fails())
{
// The given data did not pass validation
/*Get error msgs from validator*/
return Redirect::to('members.registration')->withErrors($validator);
}
}
and the form for reference:
#if(Session::has('errors'))
<? $errors = Session::get('errors'); ?>
<h3> {{ $errors->first('email') }}</h3>
#endif
{{ Form::open(array('route' => 'postRegistration')) }}
{{ Form::text('email', null, array('placeholder'=>'Email', 'class' => 'randomfieldsize' ) ) }}
{{ Form::password('password', array('placeholder'=>'Password', 'class'=>'randomfieldsize' ) ) }}
{{ Form::text('firstname', null, array('placeholder'=>'First Name', 'class' => 'randomfieldsize' ) ) }}
{{ Form::text('lastName', null, array('placeholder'=>'Last Name', 'class' => 'randomfieldsize' ) ) }}
{{ Form::select('country', array('' => '', 'saudi' => 'Saudi Arabia', 'uae' => 'UAE')) }} <br><br>
{{Form::submit('Proceed', ['class' => 'button [radius round]'])}}
{{ Form::close() }}

Answer 1

Try this:
return Redirect::route('signup')->withErrors($validator);
You have no route defined as members.registration, so that may be the problem.
To show errors I usually use this (styling with bootstrap):
#if( $errors->has() )
<div class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissable">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
<ul>
#foreach ( $errors->all('<li>:message</li>') as $error )
{{ $error }}
#endforeach
</ul>
</div>
#endif
Edit: Ugh, didn't noticed it before, but your validation code is wrong. Please refer to http://laravel.com/docs/validation It should be something like this:
$email = Input::get('email');
$password = Input::get('password'); // Better to hash the password in another place, since md5 can create a hash even of an empty string. Also, please use laravel hash utility instead of md5: http://laravel.com/docs/security#storing-passwords
$firstName = Input::get('firstName');
$lastName = Input::get('lastName');
$country = Input::get('country');
$validator = Validator::make(
compact('email', 'password', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'country'),
array(
'email' => 'required|min:7',
'password' => 'required|min:7'
'firstName' => 'required'
'lastName' => 'required'
));