How to use RESTful controller within Laravel 5

Question

I'm working on a form with Laravel 5, following up a tutorial from Openclassropms which is about Laravel 4, and that really gave me a hard time.

Anyway, I'm trying to change these lines in my routes.php file:

Route::get('users' , 'UsersController@getInfos');
Route::post('users', 'UsersController@postInfos');

with this line :

Route::controller('users', 'UsersController');

but doing so breaks my form, I can still see the input text area but submitting it gives me the following error :

NotFoundHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 145

Here are my controllers and templates:

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
class UsersController extends Controller {

    public function getInfos()
    {
        return \View::make('infos');
    }

    public function postInfos()
    {
        echo 'The name is ' . Input::get('nom');
    }

}

@extends('tempform')

and

@section('content')
    {!! Form::open(array('url'=>'users')) !!}
        {!! Form::label('nom', 'Enter your name:') !!}
        {!! Form::text('nom') !!}
        {!! Form::submit('Submit') !!}
    {!! Form::close() !!}
@stop

Also, I use a different url once I make the change as stated initially in the tutorial: gappsl/users >> gappsl/users/info

Laravel 5 is really quite different to Laravel 4.*, I would recommend not following a Laravel 4 tutorial unless you're going to use version 4 of the framework. — Joe
– Joe, Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 10:12
Do you know of any good beginner-friendly tutorials for Laravel 5? and moreover, should I keep working on Laravel 5 or make the switch to version 4.2 in your opinion? — ferenan
– ferenan, Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 12:23
There are a few Laravel 5 from scratch tutorials around but it was only officially released Feb 2015. A google should find them. I would learn 5, there seems little point putting time into 4 at this point. — Joe
– Joe, Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 12:28

Maksym · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-26 17:57:32Z

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You have to create a new method in your controller called getIndex() or postIndex() depending on which HTTP verb you will be using. This way the /users route will work correctly.

answered Feb 26, 2015 at 17:57

Maksym

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Raviraj Chauhan · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-27 10:07:44Z

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If you are using Route::controller() method then it is always looking for the functions starting with the HTTP Verb.

In your case, If you want to point the postInfos() through your form. Then you need to change your form definition to this:

{!! Form::open(array('url'=>'users/infos', 'method'=>'POST')) !!}

Or

If you have any confusions regarding which routes to use, then simply go to command line within your application root directory and type php artisan route:list.

There you can find which URI points to which method with full controller path.

answered Feb 27, 2015 at 10:07

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Edwin Krause · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-26 18:08:06Z

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You need to change the line form open to :

  {!! Form::open(array('url'=>'users/post-infos')) !!}

to address your postInfos() function

answered Feb 26, 2015 at 18:08

Edwin Krause

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Edwin Krause Over a year ago

Here is the corresponding documentation laravel.com/docs/4.2/controllers#restful-resource-controllers

ferenan Over a year ago

Gonna try this one as well, it will probably come in handy too, thanks Edwin.

Maksym Over a year ago

Actually it does not work like @EdwinKrause said. If you want to call for example postInfos route you have to use /users/infos path with POST method. Analogically if you want to call patchHelloWorld you should use /users/hello-world with PATCH method. Hopefully it helps.

ferenan Over a year ago

I was thinking this myself and you're right Maksym it actually worked with /users/infos, not with users/post-infos like Edwin pointed out, but he pointed me to the right direction and now I'm kinda getting the grasp of it. Thank you for your help!!

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