Laravel 5.4 How to fix 'No query results for model' - php

Question

Whenever I try to access /skills/add through an anchor in another page I get this error
The anchor that redirects to this page(with GET method) is:
<a class="btn icon-btn btn-success" href="/skills/add">
<span class="glyphicon btn-glyphicon glyphicon-plus img-circle text-success"></span>
Add
</a>
Tried using dd("test") to test it out but won't even work.
This are my routes for skills/add this:
Route::put('/skills/add', 'SkillsController#add');
Route::get('/skills/add', 'SkillsController#addIndex');
Here are my functions in SkillsController
public function addIndex() {
if (Auth::check()) {
return view('skills.add');
} else {
return redirect('/home');
}
}
public function add(Request $request) {
/*Sets validation rules for Skill object*/
$skillRules = [
'name' => 'required|max:25|regex:/[1-9a-zA-Z ]\w*/',
];
if (Skills::where('name', '=', $request->name)->count() > 0) {
return redirect('/skills')->with('message', "EXISTS");
}
$validator = Validator::validate($request->all(), $skillRules);
if ($validator == null) {
$newSkill = new Skills;
$newSkill->name = strtolower($request->name);
$newSkill->save();
return redirect('/skills')->with('message', "CREATED");
}
}
the skills.add view is this
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<h1>Edit Skill</h1>
<form method="POST" action="/skills/add">
{{method_field('PUT')}}
{{csrf_field()}}
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-5">
<div class="form-group">
Name:
<input name="name" class="form-control">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-2">
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Add Skill</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Cancel</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
#endsection

Answer 1

Not sure what happened, if someone in the future has this same problem, I literally just deleted and made manually thee controller, model and blade and it started to work. Not a lot of science or explain, sorry for that.

Answer 2

Change your route to named ones
Route::GET('/skills/add', 'SkillsController#addIndex')->name('addSkills');
Route::POST('/skills/add', 'SkillsController#add')->name('saveSkills');
and your blade to
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<h1>Edit Skill</h1>
<form method="POST" action="{{route('saveSkills')"> //** Change this
{{csrf_field()}}
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-5">
<div class="form-group">
Name:
<input type="text" name="name" class="form-control"> //** Change this
</div>
</div>
//Remaining form groups
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-2">
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Add Skill</button>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-danger">Cancel</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
#endsection
Change your anchor tag's href value to named route like
<a class="btn icon-btn btn-success" href="{{route('addSkills')}}">
<span class="glyphicon btn-glyphicon glyphicon-plus img-circle text-success"></span>
Add
</a>
and your controller
// SHOW ADD NEW SKILL FORM
public function addIndex() {
if (Auth::check()) {
return view('skills.add'); //view path is skills->add.blade.php
} else {
return redirect('/home');
}
}
//SAVE ADD NEW SKILL FORM DATA
public function add(Request $request) {
dd($request->name); //Check if value is getting
/*Sets validation rules for Skill object*/
$skillRules = [
'name' => 'required|max:25|regex:/[1-9a-zA-Z ]\w*/',
];
$validator = Validator::validate($request->all(), $skillRules);
if (Skills::where('name', '=', $request->name)->count() > 0) {
return redirect('/skills')->with('message', "EXISTS");
}
if ($validator == null) {
$newSkill = new Skills;
$newSkill->name = strtolower($request->name);
$newSkill->save();
return redirect('/skills')->with('message', "CREATED");
}
}
also add use App\RampUp\Skills; on top of controller

Answer 3

Sorry but there is no POST-route for <form method="POST" action="/skills/add">
maybe the POST is still executed.
On the other hand most Route errors could be resolved by clearing the cache (if present), rearranging the routes or put a group in between like
Route::group(['prefix' => 'skills'], function() {
Route::put('/add', 'SkillsController#add');
Route::get('/add', 'SkillsController#addIndex');
}