Laravel 5.3 throw MethodNotAllowedHttpException on Store using restfull controller - php

Question

I am trying to add a record to a database utilizing a resource controller, however, I'm getting MethodNotAllowedHttpException error. I'm using a pivot table. I have gone through several similar questions like a link! but none seem to answer me. This is my code:
Routes.php
Route::group(['prefix' => 'user'], function () {
Route::resource('categories', 'User\CategoriesController');
});
CategoriesController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\User;
use Session;
use Sentinel;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Models\Sections;
use App\Models\Categories;
use App\Models\Users;
use App\Models\CategorieUser;
class CategoriesController extends Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('sentinel.auth');
}
public function index()
{
$categories = Categories::all();
return view('user.categories.index', ['categories' => $categories]);
}
public function create()
{
$sections = sections::all();
return view('user.categories.create', ['sections' => $sections]);
}
public function store(Request $request)
{
// records in table categories
$categories = new Categories();
$categories->name = $request->name;
$categories->sections_id = $request->sections_id;
$categories->save();
// records in pivot table users_categories
$user = Sentinel::getUser()->id;
$users_categories = new CategorieUser();
$users_categories->user_id = $user;
$users_categories->categorie_id = $categories->id;
$users_categories->save();
return redirect()->route('categories.index');
}
}
This is the form:
<form action="store" method="POST">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="section">Choose section:</label>
<select class="form-control" name="sections_id">
#foreach($sections as $section)
<option value="{{ $section->id }}">{{ $section->name }}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name">Category name:</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="name" required>
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</form>
This is model Categories.php
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Categories extends Model
{
public function sections()
{
return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Sections');
}
public function users()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Users', 'categorie_user');
}
}
And this is model Users.php:
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Users extends Model
{
public function categories()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Categories', 'categorie_user');
}
}
When I add this route under routes as above
Route::group(['prefix' => 'user'], function () {
Route::resource('categories', 'User\CategoriesController');
Route::post('categories/store', ['uses' => 'User\CategoriesController#store']);
});
then everything works like a charm. I'm newbie in Laravel but I think that everything must work with out that route because I use restfull controller. Any sugestions I will appriciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

Finally, I find the answer. According to RESTfull resource controller the URL for form action must be the main route, not /store or /create. So in form action I wrote:
<form action="/user/categories" method="POST">
And that worked for me. Anyway, thanks for help. I hope this will help someone.

Answer 2

change the form action to "/user/categories" like
<form action="/user/categories" method="POST">