Updating user gives 404 error

Hi I got a form that looks like this (fields are removed).

<form action="{{ route('users.update', Auth::user()->id) }}" method="POST">
                    {{ csrf_field() }}
                    {{ method_field('PATCH') }}
</form>

And a route that looks like this:

Route::patch('/users/{$id}', 'UserController@update')->name('users.update');

However, when I submit the form, I get a 404 error. Even though the controller method called update is suposed to return the request.

What am I missing?

tykus

7 years ago

Best Answer

Level 104

Your URI wildcard should not have a $ symbol:

Route::patch('/users/{id}', 'UserController@update')->name('users.update');

Personally, I wouldn't have the authenticated user's id in the route if only the authenticated user can/should be updated. You can get access to the authenticated user in the controller's update method anyway.

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jorisvanandel

7 years ago

Level 2

Thanks.

Yes I agree, that is what I used to have but now I want to give an admin access to updating other users, so that no longer works.

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