laravel method in href link?

Question

I want to create a dropdown with two links. A \'Delete\' and a \'Edit\' link.

For the delete function I created a form.

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Answer 1

Laravel uses method spoofing to do 'DELETE', 'PUT', 'PATCH' form requests. Like @Jilson Thomas mentioned, you can just create a link directly to the route. I suspect you're using resourceful routes, thats why you're trying to post a DELETE request?

Have a look at this section in the routing docs, this may help you out: https://laravel.com/docs/master/controllers#restful-supplementing-resource-controllers

Based on your routes posted, I believe the following two routes are matching before it gets to your desired route.

Route::put('/show/{id}/edit', ['as' => 'editing', 'uses' => 'Test\\TestController@update']);
Route::delete('/show/{id}', 'Test\\TestController@destroy')->name('destroy');

Try moving your desired route above these and see what happens.

Edit

<li><a href="{{ route('destroy', $comment->id) }}">Delete</a></li>

That will produce a GET request, therefore it will not match Route::delete(...). The previous method was posting a form to the route. Also, wrapping an entire form in an anchor tag is invalid markup.

Answer 2

Alternative way, try 'Laravel Collective' Html Helper.

HTML

{!! Form::open('delete', 
    'method' => 'delete,
    'route'  => ['show.destroy', $comment->id]
) !!}

     {!! Form::submit('Submit') !!}

{!! Form::close() !!}

routes.php

Route::delete('show/{show}', [
  'uses' => 'TestController@destroy',
  'as' => 'show.destroy'
]);

Answer 3

So, as per the discussion in the comments, you'll have to use ajax request to do a delete request from an anchor tag.

$.ajax({
    url: '/show/'+$('#testId').attr('value'),
    type: 'DELETE',
    success: function(data){ if(data.success) alert('Deleted'); },
    error: function() {} 
});

and in your route:

Route::delete('/show/{id}', ['as'=>'destroy', 'uses'=>'Test\\TestController@destroy']);

HTML

<li><a href="#" id="testId" value="{{$comment->id}}">Delete</a></li>