Remove HTTP methods in Laravel routes - php

Question

I'm using Laravel Resource routing (through a controller). Here is the routing code
Route::resource( 'difficulty', 'DifficultyController', [ 'only' => [ 'index', 'show', 'update', 'create' ] ] );
Here are the routes created
+--------+----------+-------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Domain | Method | URI | Name | Action | Middleware |
+--------+----------+-------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------+
| | GET|HEAD | difficulty | difficulty.index | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#index | |
| | GET|HEAD | difficulty/create | difficulty.create | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#create | |
| | PATCH | difficulty/{difficulty} | | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#update | |
| | GET|HEAD | difficulty/{difficulty} | difficulty.show | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#show | |
| | PUT | difficulty/{difficulty} | difficulty.update | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#update | |
+--------+----------+-------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------+
It works fine, except that I don't need the "HEAD" and "PATCH" methods and I want to remove them. So listing routes will display the following
+--------+----------+-------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------+
| Domain | Method | URI | Name | Action | Middleware |
+--------+----------+-------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------+
| | GET | difficulty | difficulty.index | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#index | |
| | GET | difficulty/create | difficulty.create | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#create | |
| | GET | difficulty/{difficulty} | difficulty.show | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#show | |
| | PUT | difficulty/{difficulty} | difficulty.update | App\Http\Controllers\DifficultyController#update | |
+--------+----------+-------------------------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------+------------+
Is it possible to do it? I'm using Laravel 5.1

Answer 1

What about just doing explicit declarations?
Route::get('/difficulty','DifficultyController#index');
Route::get('/difficulty/create','DifficultyController#create');
Route::get('/difficulty/{difficulty}','DifficultyController#show');
Route::put('/difficulty/{difficulty}','DifficultyController#update');
I even prefer having it this way since it gives a clearer picture of what your application does.