Delete method returns unencumbered page

Question

I use the form below to send the id of the row to be deleted in the table:

<form method="DELETE" action="{{ URL::to('receitas/delete') }}" >

<input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ $receita->id }}" >

<button type="submit" class="button-deletar" ></button>

</form>

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My controller has the following Function:

public function getDestroy($id){

  // delete
  $receita = Receita::find($id);
  $receita->delete();

  // SALVANDO LOG
  $logger = Helper::salvaLog("receitas",$id,"exclusao");    

  // redirect
  Session::flash('message', 'Receita excluída com sucesso!');
  return Redirect::to('receitas');
}

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The Routes are like this:

Route::controller('receitas', 'ReceitaController');

Route::delete('receitas/{id}', ReceitaController@getDestroy );

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Because returns 404 page not found ( local/receitas/7 )?

Answer 1

The problem in your form is in how the method was set.

HTML forms in HTML only support the methods POST and GET. In contrast, HTTP has other methods, such as DELETE, PUT and PATH.

Some frameworks, such as Laravel for example, knowing this HTML limitation, implement a field input of the kind hidden to translate the desired request to the correct application path.

In the case of Laravel, when using the resource of Form::open() it will automatically add a hidden with the name _method, which is how Laravel treats this conversion.

That is, to delete your application recipe correctly, you have two choices:

1. Convert your form and use Form::open()

   {{ Form::open(array('route' => 'receitas', 'method' => 'DELETE')) }}
   
       <input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ $receita->id }}" >
       <button type="submit" class="button-deletar" ></button>
   
   {{ Form::close() }}
   

2. Add a hidden by name _method on your form

   <form action="{{ URL::to('receitas') }}" method="POST">
       <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="DELETE" >    
       <input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ $receita->id }}" >
   
       <button type="submit" class="button-deletar" ></button>
   
   </form>
   

Answer 2

The problem is on your route, you just specified:

Route::delete('receitas/{id}', ReceitaController@getDestroy );

When it really should be:

Route::delete('receitas/delete/{id}', ReceitaController@getDestroy );

But you are passing the parameter via DELETE in your HTML/form, and not taking the id as a parameter by the URL, as the route is doing.

That is, you should point to these routes, as per ex:

receitas/delete/12313 <- delete the id recipe "12313"

receitas/delete/12 <- delete the id recipe "12"