I have a problem with laravel, and my form.
In my form (createBand.blade.php), i made a form with a dropdownlist wich call a database table: musicalGenre.
It should be noted that the dropdownmenu/list (select form) calls to another table in the database called MusicalGenre, and the form where I want the dropdownlist is to register a band in the database table Bands.
The select form works, i could choose in a dropdownlist all musicalGenre_name in my table after seeding them. Here's the blade page code (of course i have open, close the form and the section like laravel requires):
<p>
{{Form::label('name','Name of the Band: ')}}
{{Form::text('name',Input::old('name'))}}
</p>
@if ($errors->has('name'))
<p class='error'> {{ $errors->first('name')}}</p>
@endif
<br>
<br>
<p>
{{Form::label('email','Band Email: ')}}
{{Form::text('email',Input::old('email'))}}
</p>
@if ($errors->has('email'))
<p class='error'> {{ $errors->first('email')}}</p>
@endif
<br>
<br>
<p>
{{Form::label('musicalGenre','your style: ')}}
{{Form::select('musicalGenre_name', $genre_options = array('' => 'select your style') + musicalGenre::lists('name'), Input::old('musicalGenre_name')) }}
</p>
@if ($errors->has('musicalGenre'))
<p class='error'> {{ $errors->first('musicalGenre_name')}}</p>
@endif
<br>
<br>
I have a controller named createBandController, where i made some rules for validators for the blade form. The poblem is:
i can't pass the validators, that is to say, even if i choose a musical genre in my dropdownlist, for laravel there no choice made.
I have the error "musical genre is required". I don't understand the validator rules for a select form in my controller, or i don't know what i'm suposed to input in the rules for musical genre. Here's the controller code:
public function createBand() {
$result = MusicalGenre::all();
$genre = $result->lists('name');
$inputs = Input::all();
$rules = array(
'name' => 'required|between:1,64|unique:bands,name',
'email' => 'between:1,128|email|unique:bands,email',
'musicalGenre' => 'integer|required|in:musicalGenre'
);
$validation = Validator::make($inputs, $rules);
if ($validation->fails()) {
return Redirect::to('createBand')->withInput()->withErrors($validation)
->with('alert_error', 'you have some mistakes');
Don't pay attention to the names, (i'm french, i changed them in order to be clear for you), and i'm sure that is the validator of my dropdownlist who make problems when i fill out my form, because i can't pass it. In my original project code, there are no spelling mistakes.
All my validators and variable names work. I think i need to find the correct rules for a select form input and validators in order to laravel knows i made a choice when i choose in my dropdownlist.
At first i thought to specify that the dropdownlist use the database table musicalGenre. Like i specified that some fields are in the database table Bands, like this:
'name' => 'required|between:1,64|unique:bands,name'
Here, "name" is a field of the database table Bands. But it didn't work too.
If anyone have a solutions or wants to help, i'm interested.
Thank you (and sorry if my english seems so bad).