Unable to store in database while using Laravel (version 7.25) - php

Question

I am trying to get hold of Laravel framework and got stuck while retrieving the values from the page in a Database.
These are the snippets of my controller, routes, view part which might help in understanding what I am doing
web.php (for routes):
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::resource('posts', 'PostController');
Postcontroller.php (just a snippet)
<?php
public function create()
{
//
return view('posts.create');
}
public function store(Request $request)
{
//
$this->validate($request , array(
'title' => 'required',
'body' => 'required'
));
$post = new Post;
$post->title = $request->title;
$post->body = $request->body;
$post->save();
return redirect()->route('posts.show', $post->id);
}
create.blade.php(for view)
<div class="row">
<div class="col-mid-8 col-md-offset-2" >
<h1>Create New Post</h1>
<hr>
<form route='posts.store' >
#csrf
<div class="form-group">
<label for="exampleInputEmail1">Email address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="exampleInputEmail1" aria-describedby="emailHelp">
<small id="emailHelp" class="form-text text-muted">We'll never share your email with anyone else.</small>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="exampleInputPassword1">Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" id="exampleInputPassword1">
</div>
<div class="form-group form-check">
<input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="exampleCheck1">
<label class="form-check-label" for="exampleCheck1">Check me out</label>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

The problem with your code is that you don't have name properties on your input, so nothing gets passed to your backend code.
Add name to your inputs like this (they need to be different, else they would get overwritten):
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="your-unique-input-id" name"your_unique_input_name">
Then, when you submit your form, the all the inputs that have name attribute in them will get passed to your backend method. You can then retrieve their value, by using the name you gave them earlier. So in this example:
$request->your_unique_input_name // Which will return anything that user typed in that field