Delete handled by resource controller doesn't work - Laravel 5.3

Question

I'm using resource controller in Laravel 5.3 and I'm having problem with deleting a record. I would like to use simple HTML code and I know that I have to add a hidden method input to make it work.

My code is very simple:

<form action="{{ url('/task', $task->id) }}">
    {{ method_field('DELETE') }}
    <input type="submit" value="Delete" />
</form>

After clicking submit app redirects to blank page - it doesn't go to destroy function in controller. I don't have any idea, why it's not working. I'm not using facades, is it necessary in operation like this? I'll be very glad for every tip, thank you.

Answer 1

You're most likely running into a TokenMismatchException . Laravel considers the DELETE method a "writable" method, so it expects a CSRF token.

You can either add a CSRF token to your form, or, if appropriate, you can add your URI to the except array in your app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php file.

To add the token to your form:

<form action="{{ url('/task', $task->id) }}">
    {{ method_field('DELETE') }}
    {{ csrf_field() }}
    <input type="submit" value="Delete" />
</form>