Laravel 5 redirect to controller actions
If you want to use a redirection like this:
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@someMethod');
This action has to be registered in the routes.php file.
But be careful: It only works with GET routes reliable.
You can see you available actions by typing
php artisan route:list
in your terminal.
I have set up some files for testing purposes (seems like laravel is redirecting to available GET methods with same parameter signature, when trying to redirect to non-get methods :
// routes.php
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
Route::get('start', 'TestController@start');
// routes, we could redirect to
// get route
Route::get('test', 'AnotherController@test');
// post route
Route::post('testPost', 'AnotherController@testPost');
// setup a resource with index, store, update, delete and show actions
Route::resource('resource', 'AnotherController');
});
A Test Controller, that is used for redirecting
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
class TestController extends Controller
{
public function start()
{
// works
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@test');
// method not allowed exception
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@testPost');
/**
* Redirecting to routes setup via Route::resource
*/
// works
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@index');
// redirects to 'AnotherController@index'
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@store');
// error: Missing required parameters for [Route: resource.destroy] [URI: resource/{resource}].
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@destroy');
// redirects to 'AnotherController@show'
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@destroy', 1);
// Missing required parameters for [Route: resource.update] [URI: resource/{resource}].
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@update');
// redirects to 'AnotherController@show'
return redirect()->action('AnotherController@update', 1);
}
}
Another Controller, I am redirecting to:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
class AnotherController extends Controller
{
public function test()
{
dd('i am test');
}
public function testPost()
{
dd('i am testPost');
}
/**
* Resourceful routes below
*/
public function index()
{
dd ('I am index');
}
public function store()
{
dd ('I am store');
}
public function destroy($id)
{
dd('I am destroy');
}
public function show($id)
{
dd('I am show');
}
public function update($id)
{
dd('I am update');
}
}