Laravel: Form buttons with names not showing in var_dump - php

Question

I have 2 buttons with names neither of which show up in a var_dump($_POST) or print_r($_POST) on a form submit and I'm honestly confused as to why this would be happening. Is it a bug in Laravel or am I missing something? I'm using the latest Laravel version.
Here is my code:
{{ Form::open( array( 'id' => 'list-form', 'method' => 'POST', 'route' => 'user.admin.list' ) ) }}
{{ Form::button( 'Show List', array( 'type' => 'submit', 'name' => 'what', 'class' => 'btn btn-success' ) ) }}
{{ Form::button( 'Email List', array( 'type' => 'submit', 'name' => 'email_list', 'class' => 'btn btn-primary' ) ) }}
{{ Form::close() }}
Thank you for your help!
edit:
I've also just tried to do the following:
{{ Form::open( array( 'id' => 'list-form', 'method' => 'POST', 'route' => 'user.admin.list' ) ) }}
<input type="submit" value="Show List" name="show_list">
<input type="submit" value="Email List" name="email_list">
{{ Form::close() }}
But all I see in the output is just the form token and nothing else.

Answer 1

You are using Form::button(), but should be using Form::submit(). I just reproduced your form using two routes:
Route::any('form', ['as' => 'test', function()
{
return
// This one works
//
Form::open( array( 'id' => 'list-form', 'method' => 'POST', 'route' => 'user.admin.list' ) ) .
' <input type="submit" value="Show List" name="show_list">' .
'<input type="submit" value="Email List" name="email_list">' .
Form::close() .
// This one too
//
Form::open( array( 'id' => 'list-form', 'method' => 'POST', 'route' => 'user.admin.list' ) ) .
Form::submit( 'Show List', array( 'type' => 'submit', 'name' => 'show_list', 'class' => 'btn btn-success' ) ) .
Form::submit( 'Email List', array( 'type' => 'submit', 'name' => 'email_list', 'class' => 'btn btn-primary' ) ) .
Form::close() .
// This one doesn't
//
Form::open( array( 'id' => 'list-form', 'method' => 'POST', 'route' => 'user.admin.list' ) ) .
Form::button( 'Show List', array( 'type' => 'submit', 'name' => 'show_list', 'class' => 'btn btn-success' ) ) .
Form::button( 'Email List', array( 'type' => 'submit', 'name' => 'email_list', 'class' => 'btn btn-primary' ) ) .
Form::close() ;
}]);
Route::any('adminlist', ['as' => 'user.admin.list', function()
{
dd(Input::all());
}]);
In the first 2 you must receive something like:
array(2) {
["_token"] "TXlMuBczj4OmMEjOlkxusEhpUUZPBTqxQZHch2X2"
["email_list"] "Email List"
}
Also, you can use $_POST and $_GET in Laravel, but there's a better way:
Input::get('email_list');
If it doesn't work in your own code, you may have an HTML tag broken or a Javascript conflict. Try to debug it using your full raw HTML code.

Answer 2

A button is not part of a HTML form and is not send to the server.
Not really sure what you are trying to do here, with two buttons.
If you want a value in it, you will have to add that value to the $options array. But then again, what's the point of those multiple buttons?
From the spec:
The form element that the button is associated with (its form owner).
The value of the attribute must be the id attribute of a
element in the same document. If this attribute is not specified, the
element must be a descendant of a form element. This
attribute enables you to place elements anywhere within a
document, not just as descendants of their elements.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/button