show method called instead of destroy method in laravel datatables - php

Question

I'm having an issue with the laravel's datatables plugin, when I'm trying to delete an element from my datatables list it calls a show method, making the delete impossible. Can someone explain me why it behaves like that and how to fix it ? Here is my code.
Controller :
public function destroy($project) {
$project = Project::find($project);
$project->delete();
session()->flash('message', 'projet supprimé');
return redirect()->back();
}
public function ajaxListing() {
$projects = Project::select(['id', 'title']);
return Datatables::of($projects)
->addColumn('action', function ($project) {
return '<a class="data-action" href="'.route('projects.edit', $project->id).'">
<i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>
<a class="data-action" href="'.route('projects.destroy', $project->id).'">
<i class="fa fa-times fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></i></a>';
})
->make(true);
}
View :
<table class="table table-bordered table-striped dataTable" id="listingProjects">
<thead>
<th>ID</th>
<th>Titre</th>
<th>Actions</th>
</thead>
</table>
#push('scripts')
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#listingProjects').DataTable({
processing: true,
serverSide: true,
ordering: true,
language: {
processing: "Traitement en cours...",
search: 'Recherche : ',
lengthMenu: "Afficher _MENU_ éléments",
info: "Affichage de l'élement _START_ à _END_ sur _TOTAL_ éléments",
paginate : {
first : '<i class="fa fa-fast-backward" aria-hidden="true"></i>',
previous : '<i class="fa fa-chevron-circle-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>',
next : '<i class="fa fa-chevron-circle-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>',
last: '<i class="fa fa-fast-forward" aria-hidden="true"></i>',
}
},
ajax: '{!! route('datatables.projectData') !!}',
columns: [
{data: 'id', name: 'id'},
{data: 'title', name: 'title'},
{data: 'action', name: 'action', orderable: false, searchable: false}
]
});
});
</script>
#endpush
Routes :
Route::any('project-data', 'Admin\ProjectsController#ajaxListing')->name('datatables.projectData');
Route::resource('projects', 'Admin\ProjectsController');

Answer 1

I finally found the answer, the problem was in the route, we need to add an except to the resource route and create our own delete route, like that :
Route::get('projects/{project}/delete', 'Admin\ProjectsController#destroy')->name('projects.destroy');
Route::resource('projects', 'Admin\ProjectsController', ['except' => 'destroy']);
That way we just need to call the route on the link in the view.