Redirect Loop in Laravel 5 - php

Question

I'm doin the backend of a website while learning Laravel. I have these router below:
Route::get('/update/survivor/flag', 'SurvivorsController#flagSurvivor');
Route::get('/submit/log/flag', 'LogsController#submitFlag');
And in the flagSurvivor function i have:
public function flagSurvivor(Request $request){
$this->validate($request,[
'idFlagged' => 'required',
'idFlagger' => 'required'
]);
//Get the ids
$id = $request->input('idFlagged');
$flaggerid = $request->input('idFlagger');
//Get the flagger name
$survivors = Survivor::all();;
$flaggerSurvivor = $survivors->find($flaggerid);
//Flag a survivor
$survivors = Survivor::all();;
$flaggedSurvivor = $survivors->find($id);
$flaggedSurvivor->flags = $flaggedSurvivor->flags+1;
//Save updates
$flaggedSurvivor->save();
//Redirect
return redirect('submit/log/flag')
->with('nameFlagged', $flaggedSurvivor->name)
->with('idFlagged', $id)
->with('nameFlagger', $flaggerSurvivor->name)
->with('idFlagger' , $flaggerid);
}
which works perfectly except for the redirect part. After inserting the change into the DB it should send data to the submitFlag function, except that it doesn't. It just keeps looping with itself until it crashes from too many redirects. The log submit page also works just fine:
public function submitFlag(Request $request){
$this->validate($request,[
'nameFlagged' => 'required',
'nameFlagger' => 'required',
'idFlagger' => 'required',
'idFlagged' => 'required'
]);
$flaggerid = $request->input('idFlagger');
$flaggedid = $request->input('idFlagged');
$flaggername = $request->input('nameFlagger');
$flaggedname = $request->input('nameFlagged');
//Create a new log
$flag = new Log;
$flag->log = "The survivor $flaggername($flaggerid) reported that the survivor $flaggedname($flaggedid) is contaminated";
//Save log
$flag->save();
echo "Success";
}
if i go to
localhost/submit/log/flag?idFlagger=1&idFlagged=2&nameFlagger=Matheus&nameFlagged=Tauan
It echoes "Success" and inserts the log into the DB. But i just don't get it why it doesn't work by sending the parameters in the flagSurvivor function. I assume I'm doing the withs in the redirects wrong, or maybe something in the routes I have no idea. Any help is appreciated!
Turns out that using
return redirect('submit/log/flag?nameFlagged='.$flaggedSurvivor->name.'&idFlagged='.$id.'&nameFlagger='.$flaggerSurvivor->name.'&idFlagger='.$flaggerid);
Instead of the 'with's that I was using works properly.

Answer 1

Change your redirect to an action and the with's to an associative array:
//Redirect
return redirect()->action('LogsController#submitFlag', [
'nameFlagged' => $flaggedSurvivor->name,
'idFlagged' => $id,
'nameFlagger' => $flaggerSurvivor->name,
'idFlagger' => $flaggerid
]);
Redirecting to a controller action