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

By John Koster

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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