laravel form posting to new route - php

Question

I'm starting from the blade password.blade.php which is loaded from the route
Route::get('password/email', 'Auth\PasswordController#getEmail')
->name('auth.password.email');
In the blade I have a form that I'm trying to post to the route:
Route::post('password/change', 'User\UserController#password')
->name('user.password.change');
Like so:
{!! Form::open(array('method' => 'POST', 'url' => route('user.password.change'))) !!}
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email">Email Address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email" value="{{ old('email') }}">
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-block">Send Email</button>
{!! Form::close() !!}
However, it seems like it's still posting to the 'password/email' route that gets the starting blade, if that makes sense.
How can I make sure that it posts to the user.password.change route?

Answer 1

route() must not be returning a URL
If you're not posting to the correct route, then route must be returning false or null. This would imply that you're not passing all the parameters necessary, or that there is a problem with the route in question. The question becomes, "Why?"
Routes Cache
One possibility is that the route cache needs to be updated. This can be done with the artisan command:
php artisan route:cache
Expected Passing User
The routes in the Question make it seems like this isn't the case, but if your UsersController function requires a User $user, you need to make sure your routes and form reflect that.
Assuming you're using an older version of Laravel or the Laravel collective. The issue is in your form open. You're not passing in the user for which you want to change the password, if your using Auth::user() you might not need to pass that parameter (Also, make sure the route checks that you're not changing the password on another account)
{!! Form::open(array('method' => 'POST', 'route' => ['user.password.change,'user'=>$user->id]])) !!}
OR
{!! Form::open(array('method' => 'POST', 'url' => 'user/' . $user->id . 'password/change'])) !!}
Avoid the Whole Mess
Also, unless you have a strong reason not to, you shouldn't need to make your own routes for authentication. Laravel has an auth package available you can add to any project that is running Laravel 5.4+.