Displaying laravel error messages on redirect - php

Question

I have a form which i am hoping to use to insert some data to mysql. I have setup the validator like this
public function insert_post(){
$rules = array(
'model' => 'required',
'country' => 'required',
'engine' => 'required'
);
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
if ($validator->fails()) {
// get the error messages from the validator
$messages = $validator->messages();
echo '<pre>';
print_r($messages);
echo '</pre>';
return Redirect::to('create-posts')
->withErrors($validator);
}
else {
$i = new Text;
$i->model = request('model');
$i->country = request('country');
$i->engine = request('engine');
$i->save();
return redirect('/');
}
}
My create-posts route looks like this.
public function create_post(){
return view('create-posts');
}
However, its not displaying the error since i think i am loading a fresh create-posts and the validator messages are lost.
view code
<div class="form-group">
<label for="inputEmail" class="control-label col-xs-2">Model</label>
<div class="col-xs-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="inputEmail" name="model" placeholder="Model">
#if ($errors->has('model')) <p class="help-block">{{ $errors->first('model') }}</p> #endif
</div>
</div>
Is that what's the cause?.

Answer 1

In case you want to return to the last view, you can use:
return Redirect::back()->withErrors($validator);
Instead of return Redirect::to('create-posts')->withErrors($validator);.