Laravel updating database route

Question

I'm trying to update a column in my database with a total of votes on a project. I'm having a 404 problem but I don't see the problem in my route. (PS: Laravel 3)

This is my Vote button on every project :

{{ Form::open('project/addvote', 'VOTE') }}
{{ Form::hidden('id', $project->id) }}
{{ Form::submit('Vote') }}
{{ Form::close() }}

So when you click on the vote button it use this route :

Route::put('project/addvote', array('uses'=>'projects@addvote'));

And this is my action in the projects controller (no updating yet, just trying to redirect) :

public function put_addvote(){
        return Redirect::to_route('project', $id)
        ->with('message', 'Vote successful');
}

Redirecting to this route :

Route::get('project/(:num)', array('as'=>'project', 'uses'=>'projects@project'));

And this is getting me the 404 error

Thanks to every response and the great help here!

Answer 1

Actually, Redirect::to_route expects a name of a route to redirect to it and a named route has to be declare with a name, like,

Route::put('project/addvote', array('as' => 'project', 'uses'=>'projects@addvote'));

So, you can use it;s name to redirect to it like

return Redirect::to_route('project'); Here, project has been used as it's name using 'as' => 'project'. In, your example, you didn't gave any name to the route, here

Route::put('project/addvote', array('uses'=>'projects@addvote')); The, as => 'route_name' is missing.

For second question, you can do it as

$id = Input::get('id');
Project::find($id);
Project->votenumber = 5;
Project->->save();

Inserting & Updating Models.

Update :

It was a bit confusing but after a conversation through the commenting system the answer for routing is give below :

You (OP) mentioned that you have a route declared as

 Route::get('projets', array('as'=>'projets', 'uses'=>'projets@index'));

To this route you are trying to redirect using this

return Redirect::to_route('project', $id);

So, you are passing a parameter and it's not in your route declaration and this is the problem, so to overcome this change your route declaration to this

Route::get('projets/(:num)', array('as'=>'projets', 'uses'=>'projets@index'));

Or

Route::get('projets/(:any)', array('as'=>'projets', 'uses'=>'projets@index'));

Or, you can make the param optional using a ?, for example :

Route::get('projets/(:any?)', array('as'=>'projets', 'uses'=>'projets@index'));

Check wildcard Routes.

Update :

You should have postd the original code with the question, anyways, Change this

return Redirect::to_route('project', $id);

to

return Redirect::to_route('project', array($id));