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Laravel Application Helper Function: method_field

By John Koster

method_field($method)

The method_field helper function is a simple function that returns a new instance of Illuminate\Support\HtmlString. The contents of the HtmlString instance is a hidden HTML input field with the name _method and the a value of $method.

The following example highlights the results of the method_field function:

1<?php

2

3method_field('PUT');

4method_field('POST');

5method_field('GET');

6method_field('PATCH');

7method_field('DELETE');

The return value of the method_field function is an instance of HtmlString. The corresponding HTML string value for each function call above would be:

1<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT">

2<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="POST">

3<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="GET">

4<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PATCH">

5<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="DELETE">

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