Laravel 4 - Username not being passed on in URL - php

Question

I am trying to get into Laravel 4 and am having a problem with editing users I have created. So far I have controllers, views, and routes to show a user and then edit the user by clicking the "Edit" button but when I click the submit button I keep getting a NotFoundHttpException and the "Crash/Error" orange and white Laravel screen. I did, however, notice that the URL changes from showing the username (ex - public/users/av1/edit - with av1 being the username) to only saying {username} (ex -public/users/{username}/edit). I am still new to Laravel but my thought is that I'm not passing the username along properly but I know that it could also be the Controller or route as well. I have tried removing and changing sections of code and have found that if I remove the code from the Controller I still get a URL with {username} but I at least don't get the "Crash/Errors" screen. If anyone could help explain where I am going wrong it would be very much appreciated!
Here is my view:
#extends('layout.main')
#section('content')
{{ Form::model($user, array('route'=>'user-edit-post')) }}
<div>
{{ Form::label('username', 'Username:')}}
{{ Form::text('username') }}
#if($errors->has('username'))
{{ $errors->first('username') }}
#endif
</div>
<div>
{{ Form::label('password', 'Password:')}}
{{ Form::password('password') }}
#if($errors->has('password'))
{{ $errors->first('password') }}
#endif
</div>
<div>
{{ Form::label('password_confirmation', 'Confirm Password:')}}
{{ Form::password('password_confirmation') }}
#if($errors->has('password_confirmation'))
{{ $errors->first('password_confirmation') }}
#endif
</div>
<div>
{{ Form::submit('Edit User') }}
</div>
#stop
My User Controller functions that relates to editing:
public function getEdit($username){
$user = User::where('username', '=', $username);
if($user->count()) {
$user = $user->first();
return View::make('users.edit')
->with('user', $user);
} else {
return App::abort(404);
}
}
public function postEdit($username){
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(),
array(
'first_name' => 'required|max:20',
'last_name' => 'required|max:20',
'email' => 'required|max:50|email',
'username' => 'required|max:20|min:3',
'password' => 'required|min:6',
'password_confirmation' => 'required|same:password'
)
);
if($validator->fails()){
return Redirect::route('user-edit')
->withErrors($validator);
} else {
/*Edit User*/
$user = User::whereUsername($username)->first();
$password = Input::get('password');
$user->password = Hash::make($password);
$user->first_name = Input::get('first_name');
$user->last_name = Input::get('last_name');
$user->email = Input::get('email');
$user->username = Input::get('username');
/*password is the field $password is the variable that will be used in the password field*/
if($user->save()){
return Redirect::route('home')
->with('global', 'The password has been changed.');
}
return Redirect::route('home')
->with('global', 'The password could not be changed.');
}
}
And lastly my Routes:
/*Edit users (GET)*/
Route::get('users/{username}/edit', array(
'as' => 'user-edit',
'uses' => 'UserController#getEdit'
));
/*Edit Order (POST)*/
Route::post('/orders/{orders}/edit', array(
'as' => 'order-edit-post',
'uses' => 'OrderController#postEdit'
));

Answer 1

Change
{{ Form::model($user, array('route'=>'user-edit-post')) }}
To
{{ Form::model($user, array('route'=>array('user-edit-post', $user->username))) }}
Your route need additional parameters, so you need supply your parameters with your route name when binding model to form.
Yep, after reading the comment. I found the reason of your trouble here is the redirect in the postEdit function:
Change:
if($validator->fails()){
return Redirect::route('user-edit')
->withErrors($validator);
}
Into
if($validator->fails()){
return Redirect::route('user-edit', $username)
->withErrors($validator);
}
Again, your route need parameters. When the validation fails, you have been redirected to a wrong URL.