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somnathsah's avatar

TokenMismatchException on form post from inside a table

Hi,

I am getting TokenMismatchException while posting a form which is present in table row.

below is the part of code.

   <table class="table table-hover table-bordered table-striped text-center">
            <thead style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"> 
                <th>Key Name</th>
                <th>Status</th>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
                    <tr class="goalRow">
                       <form id='clientGoalsRow' method='post' action='{{ url("client_goals/save_program_goals") }}' class="form-horizontal">
                        <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token()}}">
                        <td>
                            {{ $value['keyName'] }}
                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <select id="goalStatus" name="goalStatus[]" onchange="" class="goalStatus form-control">
                                    <option value="enabled"  @if ($value['status'] == 'enabled') {{ "selected" }} @endif>Enabled</option>
                                    <option value="disabled" @if ($value['status'] == 'disabled') {{ "selected" }} @endif>Disabled</option>
                                </select>
                            </div>
                        </td>
                    </tr>
            </tbody>
        </tbale>

NOTE : Can not put form before the table. And need to post this part of code only not complete table which also has some other form element.

Thanks, Somnath

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kfirba's avatar

@somnathsah Hey.

I think the issue is with a little typo you have there: </tbale> instead of </table>. Usually, browsers are really really picky when it comes to tables and they usually hoist out any element that is inappropriate. Also, there is no closing tag for the <form> element.

Try fix that closing tag and let us know what happens. Also, if it does not solve your issue, take a look at the rendered HTML from the element inspector console.

somnathsah's avatar

Thanks @kfirba for your reply. I fixed the closing tag, but issue is still persist. Actually the issue is with nesting of form inside of table. I have faced the same issue previously but that time i found some alternate way.

but this time I am unable to find any other way. So if anyone has workaround for nesting form inside a table which does not throw TokenMismatchException, that will be very helpful for me.

kfirba's avatar

@somnathsah Yea that's actually simple.

Wrap your table in a form:

<form>
    <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{csrf_token()}}">
    
    <table>
        // ...
    </table>
</form>
somnathsah's avatar

@kfirbe Yes, I used the same solution for for one of my previous task.

But for now there is two scenarios.

  1. One for which all the element of the table which will get posted. for this I have added form element at top before table tag.
  2. For one more case I need to post some element of the same above table not the complete table. So I want add this element into another form. something like below.
<form>
    <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{csrf_token()}}">
    
    <table>
        // ...
       <form>
            <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{csrf_token()}}">
            //input element
       </form>
    </table>
</form>
Snapey's avatar

You cannot nest forms

Form(s) inside a table SHOULD NOT throw a csrf token mismatch error. You have a mistake in your syntax somewhere.

For instance, close the form on each table row.

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