Laravel 5.1.26：RouteCollection.php第219行中的MethodNotAllowedHttpException

Question

I will get MethodNotAllowedHttpException when submitting a form in laravel

HTML file

<form action="{{ action('HomeController@store') }}" method="post">
<input name="_method" type="hidden" value="PATCH">
<input name="_token" type="hidden" value="{{ csrf_token() }}"/>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="submit">
</form>

Im my routes.php

Route::post('formaction','HomeController@store')

Controller.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
   public function store(){
      echo 'form submitted';
    }
}

Why i will get MethodNotAllowedHttpException in my form action page? I've refereed some questions related to this,but nothing help me

Answer 1

Even if the form is using the POST method, you are sending the extra param _method which will let the framework know that you want to use that method instead. If you send that extra param then you should set the route accordingly:

Route::patch('formaction','HomeController@store');