Multiple Ajax PUTs in Laravel 4 Giving Errors - laravel

Question

I am updating my Model through a resource controller via jQuery Ajax Put. No problems at all the first time. This works fine:
$(".addNest").click(function() {
var nid = msg; //once the LI is added, we grab the return value which is the nest ID
var name = $('.nestIn').val();
if(name == '') {
$("textarea").css("border", "1px solid red");
}else {
$.ajax({
type: 'PUT', // we update the default value
url: 'nests/' + nid,
data: {
'name': name
},
success: function(msg) {
alert(msg)
window.location.replace('nests/' + nid ); //redirect to the show view
}
});
}
});
Later in a separate code block, I try to call the PUT again like this:
$(".nestEdit").click(function() {
$(".nestEdit").hide();
var name = $('.nestName').data("name");
var nid = $('.nestName').data("id");
$(".nestName").html("<textarea class='updateNest'>"+ name +"</textarea> <span><a href='#' class='btn btn-mini nestUpdate'><i class='icon-plus'></i> Update</a></span>");
$(".nestUpdate").click(function() {
var updatedName = $('.updateNest').val();
$.ajax({
type: 'PUT', // we update the default value
url: 'nests/' + nid,
data: {
'name': updatedName
},
success: function(msg) {
alert(msg) // showing the error here
location.reload( ); //refresh the show view
}
});
});
The 'updatedName' values and the 'nid' values are passing fine when I 'alert' them. When I view the return for the first PUT it comes back fine. However, when I view the return for the second PUT I get this:
{"error":{"type":"Symfony\\Component\\HttpKernel\\Exception\\NotFoundHttpException","message":"","file":"\/Applications\/MAMP\/htdocs\/n4\/bootstrap\/compiled.php","line":8643}}
Anyone have some insights here? As you can tell, I am trying to do an inline edit. I have tried to wrap everything into a function but still not helping...

Answer 1

Laravel does not use PUT and DELETE natively since it is not supported in all browsers, you need to send a POST request with '_method' set to either put or delete.
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'nests/' + nid,
data: {
'name': updatedName,
'_method': update
},
success: function(msg) {
alert(msg) // showing the error here
location.reload( ); //refresh the show view
}
EDIT: Ajax request do support PUT AND DELETE.

Answer 2

In your JavaScript code, for the inline editing, you are not making proper use of $.
If you click on .nestEdit, it's inner function should not be calling it by name, provided you have multiple objects of the same class on that page. This is why you get the error. Instead of sending the nest ID, it's sending an array object, which your Laravel Router will not pick up, because it is more than likely not defined.
Simply put, you should not be doing this:
$(".nestEdit").click(function() {
$(".nestEdit").hide();
...
You should be making a call to this:
$(".nestEdit").click(function() {
$(this).hide();
...
So, for every .nestEdit within the inner function, you need to call for this instead.