Laravel 4, ->withInput(); = Undefined offset: 0

Question

I have had a lengthy search both here and the Laravel forums, but i can\'t find an answer to this problem. ->withInput() coughs up an Undefined offset: 0

Answer 1

withInput() doesn't work the way you think it does. It's only a function of Redirect, not View.

Calling withInput($data) on View has a completely different effect; it passes the following key value pair to your view: 'input' => $data (you get an error because you're not passing any data to the function)

To get the effect that you want, call Input::flash() before making your view, instead of calling withInput(). This should allow you to use the Input::old() function in your view to access the data.

Alternatively, you could simply pass Input::all() to your view, and use the input[] array in your view:

View::make(...)->withInput(Input::all());

which is translated to

View::make(...)->with('input', Input::all());

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As for your comment, I recommend doing it like so:

$position_options = DB::table('jposition')->lists('friendly','id');
$category_options = DB::table('jcategory')->lists('friendly','id');
$location_options = DB::table('jlocation')->lists('friendly','id');
$category = Input::get('category');
$location = Input::get('location');
$type = Input:: get('type'); 

$data = compact('position_options', 'category_options', 'location_options', 'category', 'type', 'location');

return View::make('jobsearch.search', $data);