wrong parameter returning to controller - php

Question

I'm running on Lavarel and crossing this code:
{{ link_to_route('users.edit', 'Edit', array($user->id), array('class' => 'btn btn-info')) }}
This is the ./app/views/users/edit.blade.php
#extends('users.scaffold')
#section('main')
<h1>Edit User</h1>
{{ Form::model($user, array('method' => 'patch', 'route' => array('users.update', $user->id))) }}
<ul>
<li>
{{ Form::label('username', 'Username: ') }}
{{ Form::text('username') }}
</li>
<li>
{{ Form::label('password', 'Password: ') }}
{{ Form::text('password') }}
</li>
<li>
{{ Form::label('email', 'Email: ') }}
{{ Form::text('email') }}
</li>
<li>
{{ Form::label('phone', 'Phone: ') }}
{{ Form::text('phone') }}
</li>
<li>
{{ Form::label('name', 'Name: ') }}
{{ Form::text('name') }}
</li>
<li>
{{ Form::submit('Update', array('class' => 'btn btn-info')) }}
{{ link_to_route('users.show', 'Cancel', $user->id, array('class' => 'btn')) }}
</li>
</ul>
{{ Form::close() }}
#if (($errors->any()))
<ul>
{{ implode('', $errors->all('<li class="error">:message</li>')) }}
</ul>
#endif
#stop
The above code in the template file edit.blade.php, and when users click to the Edit button, it should pass the user id $user->id to the controller UsersController#edit where edit action is defined,
public function edit($id)
{
$user = User::find($id);
if(is_null($user)) {
return 'Not found: '.$id;
// return Redirect::route('users.index');
}
return Redirect::route('users.edit', compact('user'));
}
The problem here is that $id is not what passing from link_to_route() function.
Can anyone help me find out where the problem is? Thanks.
Here the DOM result:
Edit
This is the routes.php
Route::resource('users', 'UsersController');
This is result after clicking Edit button:
Not found: {"id":1,"username":"john","password":"johndoe","email":"johndoe#gmail.com","phone":"123456","name":"John","created_at":"2013-06-07 08:13:28","updated_at":"2013-06-07 08:13:28"}

Answer 1

Based upon your info - it looks like the problem is not with link_to_route() - you can see the error is further in your code.
It looks like you have bound the route to the model, so in your edit function $id is actually the $user already populated from the database.
You can tell that is the case - because your custom "not found" error gives you the user data.
If you change your code to this - does it work?
public function edit(User $user)
{
return Redirect::route('users.edit', compact('user'));
}