Laravel delete entry with destroy method - php

Question

I have got a form with a delete button which I see on the console that it's sending a delete request.
jquery.js:4 DELETE http://laravel.com/painel/player/53 500 (Internal Server Error)
and my route is:
Route::resource('painel/player','PlayerController');
| DELETE | painel/player/{player} | painel.player.destroy | App\Http\Controllers\PlayerController#destroy |
and my method destroy is as below:
public function destroy($id)
{
$player = Player::where('id_player', '=', $id)->first();
$player->delete();
$player = array(
'users' => Player::all(),
'refresh' => true
);
return View::make('painel.player.show', $player);
}
EDIT:
I forgot to mention the ajax:
$( document ).on('click', '.solsoConfirm', function(){
$("#solsoDeletForm").prop('action', $(this).attr('data-href'));
});
$( document ).on('click', '.solsoDelete', function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var solsoSelector = $(this);
var solsoFormAction = $('#solsoDeletForm').attr('action');
$.ajax({
url: solsoFormAction,
type: 'delete',
cache: false,
dataType: 'html',
success:function(data) {
$('#solsoDeleteModal').modal('hide');
$('#ajaxTable').html(data);
$('#countClients').text( $('.solsoTable').attr('data-all') );
$.growl.notice({ title: solsoSelector.attr('data-message-title'), message: solsoSelector.attr('data-message-success') });
$('.solsoTable').dataTable();
}
});
return false;
});

Answer 1

While your $.ajax({ ... type: 'delete' ... }) should work, you need to set up your response to accept the 'delete' method.
The alternative and standard way to do PUT, PATCH, and DELETE in Laravel is via method spoofing:
<form action="painel/player/{{ $id }}" method="POST">
{{ method_field('DELETE') }}
{{ csrf_field() }}
</form>
Your JS might look something like:
var csrf = $('input[name="_token"]').val();
$.ajax({
url: solsoFormAction,
type: 'post',
data: {_method: 'delete', _token: csrf},
...
});