How do I use the POST of Laravel's Route::resource? - php

Question

Below is my code for a Laravel 4 project.
Going to the authors/create URL and submitting the form gives me a 405 error.
However, if I prepend the routes.php file with Route::post('authors/store', 'AuthorsController#store');, basically doubling what it already should do, everything works like a charm!
Why do I need do prepend said line in my code to work? I can only assume I'm doing something wrong here.
routes.php:
Route::resource('authors', 'AuthorsController');
AuthorsController.php:
public function create() {
$view = View::make('authors.create');
return $view;
}
public function store() {
//
}
authors/create.twig:
{{ form_open({'url':'authors/store'},{"method" : "post"}) }}
<p>
{{ form_label("Name", "name") }}
{{ form_text("name") }}
</p>
<p>
{{ form_submit("Add Author") }}
</p>
{{ form_close() }}

Answer 1

The store action get's trigger when you POST to the resource. So just authors and not authors/store:
{{ form_open({'url':'authors'},{"method" : "post"}) }}
See this table on more information what URL corresponds to what controller action.
Also I think it should be like this:
{{ form_open({'url':'authors', 'method' : 'post'}) }}
And you can pass the route name Laravel automatically generates to make your life a bit easier:
{{ form_open({'route':'authors.store', 'method' : 'post'}) }}
Oh and one more, post is the default method so this should do as well:
{{ form_open({'route':'authors.store'}) }}