Laravel how to redirect back to boostrap modal dialog window

Question

I want to return to my modal dialog edit form to show validation errors but using Redirect::back I just end up at the HTML page without the modal window.

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Answer 1

The only thing I could think of is setting something like this:

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When the page is loaded by a get request, this value will be set to "", as Input::old('show') isn't set (well is but is set to ""). Then, when you post the form, change the value of this input to:

$("input[name=show"]").val("yes");

So that if/when the page redirects, the value of this hidden input will be set to "yes" instead of "". Then, handle that in Javascript:

$(document).ready(function(){
  if($("input[name=show]").val() != "")){
    $('#modal_id').modal('show');
  }
});

Hope that makes sense!