Laravel Controllers Resource Controller
Example
Laravel resource routing assigns the typical "CRUD" routes to a controller with a single line of code. For example, you may wish to create a controller that handles all HTTP requests for "photos" stored by your application. Using the make:controller Artisan command, we can quickly create such a controller:
php artisan make:controller PhotoController --resource
This command will generate a controller at app/Http/Controllers/PhotoController.php. The controller will contain a method for each of the available resource operations.
Example of how a Resource Controller look
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class PhotoController extends Controller
{
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function index()
{
//
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function create()
{
//
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function store(Request $request)
{
//
}
/**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* @param int $id
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function show($id)
{
//
}
/**
* Show the form for editing the specified resource.
*
* @param int $id
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function edit($id)
{
//
}
/**
* Update the specified resource in storage.
*
* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* @param int $id
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
//
}
/**
* Remove the specified resource from storage.
*
* @param int $id
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function destroy($id)
{
//
}
}
The example of the resource controller shares the method name of those in the table below.
Next, you may register a resourceful route to the controller:
Route::resource('photos', 'PhotoController');
This single route declaration creates multiple routes to handle a variety of actions on the resource. The generated controller will already have methods stubbed for each of these actions, including notes informing you of the HTTP verbs and URIs they handle.
Actions Handled By Resource Controller
| Verb | URI | Action | Route Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /photos | index | photos.index |
| GET | /photos/create | create | photos.create |
| POST | /photos | store | photos.store |
| GET | /photos/{photo} | show | photos.show |
| GET | /photos/{photo}/edit | edit | photos.edit |
| PUT/PATCH | /photos/{photo} | update | photos.update |
| DELETE | /photos/{photo} | destroy | photos.destroy |
