LARAVEL use single form for both Edit and Insert actions - php

Question

in my application i want to simplify forms and change Form::model to use both of Update and Insert, for have this ability i'm create this route:controller to show View and modrate it:
Route::controller(
'customers' , 'customersController',
array(
'getIndex' =>'customers.index',
'postUpdate'=>'customers.update'
)
);
customersController controller class:
<?php
class customersController extends \BaseController
{
public function getIndex()
{
if ( Auth::check() ){
$customers = new Customers;
return View::make('layouts.customers')->with('customers', $customers);
}
return Redirect::route('dashboard');
}
public function postUpdate($id)
{
print_r( $id);
die;
}
}
?>
in getIndex i can return to view customers.blade.php corretcly and i can be create new variable as an new Customers, in view i'm create below form from created new instance from Customers:
{{ Form::model($customers,array('route' => array('customers.update', $customers->id))) }}
...
{{ Form::submit('UPDATE', array('class'=>'btn btn-default btn-default-small') ) }}
{{ Form::close() }}
now i want to send form values to controler, but after send i get this error:
ERROR:
Missing argument 1 for customersController::postUpdate()

Answer 1

form in view must be like with this code :
{{ Form::model($customers,array('route' => array('customers.update', $customers->id))) }}
and your Form::text must be like with:
{{ Form::text('name', $customers->name, array('class'=>'form-control rtl' ) ) }}
Route:
Route::controller(
'customers', 'customersController',
array(
'getIndex' => 'customers.index',
'postUpdate' => 'customers.update'
)
);
now in controller you can try this code to detect form is update or insert
public function postUpdate()
{
if (Input::get('id')) {
$customer = Customers::find(Input::get('id'));
} else {
$customer = new Customers;
}
...
...
...
}