viewing my database in the view at laravel - php

Question

sorry if this is a very newbie Q..
but please help me to solve this problem. plus give me the reason about why this error happened..
this is my edit view
new.blade.php
#section('content')
#include('common.show_error')
{{Form::open(array('url'=>'author/update', 'method'=>'PUT'))}}
<p>
{{ Form::label('name', 'Name: ') }}</br>
{{ Form::text('name', $author->name) }}
</p>
<p>
{{ Form::label('bio', 'Biography: ') }}</br>
{{ Form::textarea('bio', $author->bio) }}
</p>
{{ Form::hidden('id', $author->id) }}
<p>{{ Form::submit('Edit Data') }}</p>
#stop
this is my show view
show.blade.php
#extends('layouts.default')
#section('content')
<h1>{{ $author->name }}</h1>
<p>{{ $author->bio }}</p>
<p>{{ $author->updated_at }}</p>
<span>
{{ HTML::linkRoute('authors', 'Home') }} |
{{ HTML::linkRoute('edit_author', 'Edit', array($author->id)) }} |
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'author/destroy', 'method'=>'DELETE', 'style'=>'display: inline;')) }}
{{ Form::hidden('id', $author->id) }}
{{ Form::submit('Delete') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
</span>
#stop
this is my controller
public function update($id)
{
$id = Input::get('id');
$validator = Member::validate(Input::all());
if($validator->fails()){
return Redirect::route('members.edit', $id)->withErrors($validator);
} else {
Member::where('id','=',$id)->update(array(
'name' => Input::get('name'),
'bio' => Input::get('bio')
));
return Redirect::route('members.show', $id)
->with('message', 'Data Succesfully Updated');
}
}
the case: when I try to edit data using edit button. it said:
"Trying to get property of non-object laravel"
and when I check at the error log. it refers to
<h1>{{ $author->name }}</h1>

Answer 1

public function update($id)
{
$id = Input::get('id');
$validator = Member::validate(Input::all());
if($validator->fails()){
return Redirect::route('members.edit', $id)->withErrors($validator);
} else {
$author = Member::find($id);
$author->update(array(
'name' => Input::get('name'),
'bio' => Input::get('bio')
));
return Redirect::route('members.show', $id)
->with('message', 'Data Succesfully Updated')
->with('author', $author);
}
}
Little changes in your controller, try it :) In your code, you are not send variable "author" into your view.