Can't get a simple Laravel Login controller setup to work

Question

I am just starting with Laravel after finally deciding to move from CodeIgniter, however I cannot get a simple login form to work. I keep getting that "MethodNotAllowedHttpException" error.

Here is how my Controller looks

class LoginController extends BaseController {

    public function login()
    {
        $username = $_POST['username'];
        $password = $_POST['password'];
        Login::login($username, $password); 
        // ^ Call to Login model to check the user's credentials - everything fine there
    }

}

Here is my view

{{ Form::open(array('url' => 'LoginController/login')) }}
        {{ Form::text('username') }}
        {{ Form::password('password') }}
        {{ Form::submit('Submit') }}
{{ Form::close }}

And my route for this is like

Route::get('LoginController/login', 'LoginController@login');

I'm doing something horribly wrong somewhere, can you guys please point it out?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Seems like you are just routing the GET method. You should also route the POST method to make your controller work:

Route::get('LoginController/login', 'LoginController@login');
Route::post('LoginController/login', 'LoginController@login');

Normally, It is better to have to separate methods in your controller to handle different logic. Something as follow:

Route::get('login', 'LoginController@showLogin');
Route::post('login', 'LoginController@processLogin');

That way you will have your controller's methods more specific, one that just show the login page, and the other that actually do the login process.

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Update

If you want to retrieve input values within Laravel, you should use the Input class, so you will replace your current code:

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

to be as follow:

$username = Input::get('username');
$password = Input::get('password');

Happy coding!

Answer 2

You need to specify a form method as POST so that it reads

{{ Form::open(array('url' => 'LoginController/login', 'method'=>'POST')) }}
        {{ Form::text('username') }}
        {{ Form::password('password') }}
        {{ Form::submit('Submit') }}
{{ Form::close }}

And the in your routes file add the following

Route::post('/login', array('uses' => 'LoginController@login')