Laravel 4 routes going to wrong route - php

Question

I've set up routes for a resource and added additional routes for the same controller. I've had this route working and don't think I've changed anything but now it's routing to the wrong method in the controller.
I'm aware of the first in and first out principle of the routes and have this set up at the moment:
Route::post('products/addItemToCart', array('uses' => 'ProductsController#addItemToCart'));
Route::post('products/editItemInCart', array('uses' => 'ProductsController#editItemInCart'));
//Product Related Routes
Route::get('products/saletotal/{id}', function ($id) {
return Product::groupedSales($id);
});
Route::get('products/itemValue/{id}', array('uses' => 'ProductsController#itemValue'));
Route::get('products/cartitem/{id}', array('uses' => 'ProductsController#getCartItem'));
Route::resource('products', 'ProductsController');
I have a form which POSTS to products/addItemToCart for some reason this no longer uses the method addItemToCart but is going to the controllers show method and treating the 2nd parameter as an ID of the record to find.
I placed a var_dump at the start of the show method to identify the value being passed to the show method which is addItemToCart
It's as if the routes file is ignoring the previous routes and skipping to the defaults in the resource route.
Any ideas what mistakes I've made?
Thanks
Update: additional code for fuller picture:
The POST is generated by javascript with this method:
if($('#rowId').val() !=="") {
postUrl = "/products/editItemInCart";
} else {
postUrl = "/products/addItemToCart";
}
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: postUrl,
data: item,
dataType: 'json',
success: function(result) {
//update the displayed Cart
var data = result;
updateCart();
}
});
item is an array
The method in Products controller are:
<?php
//updated 08-11-2013
class ProductsController extends BaseController {
/**
* Product Repository
*
* #var Product
*/
protected $product;
public function __construct(Product $product)
{
$this->product = $product;
}
public function addItemToCart() {
$product = Product::find( Input::get( 'id' ) );
//method code
}
**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* #param int $id
* #return Response
*/
public function show($id)
{
dd($id);
$product = $this->product->findOrFail($id);
return View::make('products.show', compact('product'));
}
the show method is being used instead of the expected addToCart method as specified in the URL and route
I can see the exected items in the POST from within firebug

Answer 1

You need to add the parameter expectation to the route string.
Route::post('products/addItemToCart/{id}', array('uses' => 'ProductsController#addItemToCart'));
Otherwise the resource controller interprets this as products/{param}/{param} hence why it goes to the default post implementation of the controller.