Second independant form inside another form in laravel - php

Question

I'm trying to make something that I'm not sure if is possible and how exactly can happen.
What I want is to have one table which is in form and one addition form inside. The depending of which button I hit to perform different actions in controller. Here is what I have so far
my blade
{{ Form::open(array('url' => 'admin/inv')) }}
{{ Form::open(array('url' => 'admin/inv/multiPC')) }}
<table class="table table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="delete[]" value="{{ $product->product_id }}"> </td>
<td><strong>${{ $product->price }}</strong><input type="number" name='price[]' class="form-control"/></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<button type="submit" href="{{ URL::to('/admin/del') }}?_token={{ csrf_token() }}">Delete</button>
<button type="submit" href="{{ URL::to('/admin/multiPC') }}?_token={{ csrf_token() }}">Update Price</button>
{{ Form::close() }}
{{ Form::close() }}
Those are both functions
public function pDelete() {
$delete = Input::only('delete')['delete'];
$pDel = Product::whereIn('product_id', $delete)->delete();
return Redirect::to('/admin/inv')->with('message', 'Product(s) deleted.');
}
public function priceUpdate() {
$pchanges->price = Input::only('price')['price'];
$pChange = Product::whereIn('product_id', $pchanges);
$pChange->save();
return Redirect::to('/admin/inv')->with('message', 'Product(s) price changed.');
}
And route
Route::post('/admin/inv', ['uses' => 'AdminController#pDelete', 'before' => 'csrf|admin']);
Route::post ('/admin/inv/multiPC', ['uses' => 'AdminController#priceUpdate', 'before' => 'csrf|admin'])
What happen is when I check product and hit Delete button product is deleted. But when I input price in the input field for price and hit Update Price page only refreshed and price isn't changed.
Is there a way to accomplish this without using JS?

Answer 1

try this type of approach
<form method="POST" class="form-horizontal" action="myapplication/personal">
<input type="number" name='price[]' class="form-control"/>
<input type="checkbox" name="delete[]" value="{{ $product->product_id }}">
<button type="submit" name="step[0]" value="Delete">Delete</button>
<button type="submit" name="step[1]" value="Update">Update Price</button>
</form>
from your controller check the value of step and do as you like
public function formProcess() {
$action = request::get('step'); // i forgot laravel 4 syntex. used laravel 5 instead here :D
if($action == 'Delete')
{
// do delete operation
}
else
{
//do update operation
}
}
hope this helps