Laravel 5: Generating an HTML Field for HTTP Verbs With method_field

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.

#Signature

The signature of the method_field function is:

1function method_field(
2    $method
3);

#Example Use

The following example highlights the results of the method_field function:

1method_field('PUT');
2method_field('POST');
3method_field('GET');
4method_field('PATCH');
5method_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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