php - Creating New Forms in Laravel 5 and Submitting Them -

i wish clarify steps new form submitted database using laravel 5.2 , bootstrap 3.

i have login/register pages set using laravel's defaults, , work fine. want create user profile page accessible authenticated users. using 1 row in database of user info. fields filled in during registration, , want them have access additional fields (while restricting access registration fields user name).

in example code below, there fields upload personal photo, enter first name, , enter last name. (none of these done during registration.)

what have done (all code below):

1. create view profile.blade.php
2. create controller profilecontroller.php
3. update routes.php in controller directory.

a note:

1. when try submit form appears below, get, type error: argument 1 passed app\http\controllers\profilecontroller::update() must of type array, none given.

what next steps required page working properly?

profile.blade.php:

@extends('layouts.app')  @section('content')  <div class="container" style="padding-top: 30px;">   <h1 class="page-header">user profile</h1>   <div class="row">      <!-- left column -->     <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12">       <div class="text-center">         <i class="fa fa-user fa-5x"></i>         <h6>please upload photo...</h6>         <input type="file" class="text-center center-block well-sm">       </div>     </div>      <!-- edit form column -->     <div class="col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 personal-info">       <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action="{{ url('/profile') }}">        {!! csrf_field() !!}         <div class="form-group">           <label class="col-lg-3 control-label">first name:</label>           <div class="col-lg-8">             <input class="form-control" value="<?php echo auth::user()->firstname; ?>" id="firstname" name="firstname" placeholder="first..." type="text">           </div>         </div>         <div class="form-group">           <label class="col-lg-3 control-label">last name:</label>           <div class="col-lg-8">             <input class="form-control" value="<?php echo auth::user()->lastname; ?>" id="lastname" name="lastname" placeholder="last..." type="text">           </div>         </div>          <div class="form-group">           <label class="col-md-3 control-label"></label>           <div class="col-md-8">             <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">               <i class="fa fa-btn fa-user"></i>submit             </button>             <span></span>             <input class="btn btn-default" value="cancel" type="reset">           </div>         </div>       </form>     </div>   </div> </div> @endsection 

profilecontroller.php:

<?php  namespace app\http\controllers;  use app\http\requests; use illuminate\http\request;  class profilecontroller extends controller {     /**      * create new controller instance.      *      * @return void      */     public function __construct()     {         $this->middleware('auth');     }      /**      * show application dashboard.      *      * @return \illuminate\http\response      */     public function index()     {         return view('profile');     }     protected function update(array $data)     {         return user::update([             'firstname' => $data['firstname'],             'lastname' => $data['lastname'],         ]);     } } 

and added following in routes middleware:

route::get('/profile', 'profilecontroller@index');  route::post('/profile', 'profilecontroller@update'); 

it's protocol mismatch, since you're posting form. need change route

route::post('/profile', 'profilecontroller@index'); 

using validator great idea, since make sure input need be, , required fields filled out.

your update function should this:

public function update(request $request) {     $first_name = $request->input('firstname');     $last_name = $request->input('lastname');     $id = auth::user()->id;     $user = \app\user::find($id);     $user->firstname = $first_name;     $user->lastname = $last_name;     $user->save();     return view('profile');     // sanitize, validate, before update     // instead of returning update result, can instead show view or forward them page. }