Laravel 5.4 update user profile not working - php

Question

I am trying to update the profile of the user who is logged in. I like to create a function that the user that has logged in when he/she wants to update or edit his/her own profile. So I got no errors. But the problem is it wont update and it just refresh my browser but nothing happens.
Here is the code on my controller
public function edit($id)
{
// $applicant = $this->applicantRepository->findWithoutFail($id);
$applicant = Applicant::where('id',$id)->get()->last();
if (empty($applicant)) {
Flash::error('Applicant');
return redirect(route('applicant.home'));
}
return view('applicant-dashboard.edit')->with('applicant', $applicant);
}
public function update($id, UpdateApplicantRequest $request)
{
$applicant = $this->applicantRepository->findWithoutFail($id);
if (empty($applicant)) {
Flash::error('Applicant not found');
return redirect(route('applicant.home'));
}
$input = $request->all();
$applicant = $this->applicantRepository->update([
'name' => $input['name'],
'address' => $input['address'],
'cellphone_no' => $input['cellphone_no']], $id);
Flash::success('Profile updated successfully.');
return redirect(route('applicant.edit'));
}
Here is the code in my routes:
Route::get('/edit/{id}', 'HomeController#edit')->name('applicant.edit');
Route::post('/update', 'HomeController#update')->name('applicant.update');
Here is the code in my views:
edit.blade.php
#extends('applicant-dashboard.layouts.app')
#section('content')
<section class="content-header">
<h1>
Applicant Profile
</h1>
</section>
<div class="content">
{{-- #include('adminlte-templates::common.errors') --}}
<div class="box box-primary">
<div class="box-body">
<div class="row" style="padding-left: 20px">
{!! Form::model($applicant, ['route' => ['applicant.update', $applicant->id], 'method' => 'post']) !!}
#include('applicant-dashboard.fields')
{!! Form::close() !!}
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endsection
and in fields.blade.php
{!! Form::hidden('id', null, ['class' => 'form-control input-sm','required']) !!}
<!-- Name Field -->
<div class="row" style="padding-right: 15px">
<div class="form-group col-sm-4">
{!! Form::label('name', 'Name:') !!}
{!! Form::text('name', null, ['class' => 'form-control input-sm','required']) !!}
</div>
</div>
<div class="row" style="padding-right: 15px">
<!-- Address Field -->
<div class="form-group col-sm-4">
{!! Form::label('address', 'Address:') !!}
{!! Form::text('address', null, ['class' => 'form-control input-sm','required']) !!}
</div>
</div>
<!-- Cellphone Field -->
<div class="row" style="padding-right: 15px">
<div class="form-group col-sm-4">
{!! Form::label('cellphone_no', 'Cellphone:') !!}
{!! Form::text('cellphone_no', null, ['class' => 'form-control input-sm','required']) !!}
</div>
</div>
<div class="row" style="padding-right: 15px">
<!-- Submit Field -->
<div class="form-group col-sm-12">
{!! Form::submit('Save', ['class' => 'btn btn-primary']) !!}
Cancel
</div>
</div>
code in my model for validation:
public static $rules = [
'name' => 'required',
'email' => 'required|unique:applicants',
'password' => 'required',
'password_confirmation' => 'required|same:password'
];
and the UpdateApplicantRequest.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Requests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use App\Models\Applicant;
class UpdateApplicantRequest extends FormRequest
{
/**
* Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
*
* #return bool
*/
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
/**
* Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
*
* #return array
*/
public function rules()
{
return Applicant::$rules;
}
}
I am looking for help.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

There can be several options. Firstly you need to make sure that right url mapping is created, secondly if the validation is not failing and thirdly if any other middleware is redirecting, for example user is not logged in.
Change the beginning of update method to be
public function update($id, Request $request) {
dd($request->all());
If you do not see dd() output then mapping is not right. If you see then validation fails.
Check php artisan route:list and see what middleware is assigned to this route.
Right now it looks like email and password are missing from the fields. Usually you have different validation rules when creating and when updating.
Also I advise to have displaying validation errors in your template.