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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