Merge create and edit blade files to 1 file? - php

Question

I have created a create form create.blade.php and a edit form edit.blade.php - both form fields are identical.
It quite annoying when I add new fields in the create.blade.php, I also need to add fields in edit.blade.php.
How can I merge into 1 blade file it so it work for both way for creating and editing (view via db).
For example in create.blade.php I have this:
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="{{ old('name') }}">
#if ($errors->has('name'))
<label class="error">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</label>
#endif
In edit.blade.php
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="{{ old('name', $category->name) }}">
#if ($errors->has('name'))
<label class="error">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</label>
#endif

Answer 1

Just check if model exists:
{{ old('name', empty($category) ? '' : $category->name) }}
Also, you may want to check if it's create or update form and change form url accordingly:
{{ route(empty($category) ? 'article.create' : 'article.update' ) }}

Answer 2

<input type="text" name="name" value="{{ $category ? $category->name : old('name') }}">

Answer 3

you can use a partial (fancy name for a smaller template) for your form, and pass that partial the data you require.
Using the example of a booking system:
In your create blade file:
#include('bookings._forms', ['booking' => new \App\Booking])
and the edit file ($booking being retrieved on the controller):
#include('bookings._forms', ['booking' => $booking])
And then your form partial can look like this:
<label for="name" class="label">Name</label>
<input type="text"
class="input"
name="name" id="name"
placeholder="Guest name"
value="{{ old('name') ?? $booking->name }}">
The good thing with this method is that now you can have ONLY your form elements on the partial and only have to update 1 file when you add fields, AND the actual tag stays on your create and edit template, so no worries about that either.
Hope that's clear and it helps.