Calling destroy method in resource controller

Question

I am unable to understand how to call destroy method when I use resource controller in laravel. delete.blade.php

@extends('main')

@section('content')
<form method="POST" action="{{route('posts.destroy', '$post->id') }}"  >
@method('DELETE')
@csrf
    <select name="id">
        <option value="1">vddv</option>
        <option value="2">miss</option>
        <option value="3">miss</option>
        <option value="4">joy</option>
    </select>

      <br><br>
    <button type="submit"> Delete blog</button>
</form>
@endsection

resource controller :

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use App\posts;
use Sessions; 


class PostController extends Controller
{ 
    public function create()
    {
        return view('posts.create');   
    }

    public function store(Request $request)
    {
       $post = new posts;
        $post->title = $request->input('title');
        $post->body = $request->input('body');
        $post->save();
        return redirect('posts/read');
    }

    public function show($data)
    {
       echo "show";
    }

    public function edit($id)
    {
        return view('posts.edit');
    }

    public function update(Request $req, $id)
    {
        echo posts::where('title' , $req->title)
        ->update(['body'=>$req->body]);
        return redirect('/');
    }

    public function destroy($id)
    {
        $post = posts::find($id);
        $post->delete();
        return redirect('/');

    }
}

route:

Route::resource('posts', 'PostController');

It is calling show method as GET request is passed. please guide me how to call destroy method. As mentioned in documentation I am passing @method('DELETE') using form method spoofing as html only recognise GET and POST method.

You cannot make delete form this way. You can only do it this : stackoverflow.com/questions/46098806/… — xNoJustice
may be its not related, but you have a misspelled, change {{route('posts.destroy', '$post->id') }} to {{route('posts.destroy', $post->id) }} — sta
Change $post = Post::find($id); instead of $post = posts::find($id); inside public function destroy($id) and change use App\Post; instead of use App\posts; in your controller — Sobir

Muhammad Muhammad · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-20T10:32:02

You can use below code. I hope it will work.

<form method="POST" action="{{ url('/posts' . '/' .$post->id) }}">
  {{ method_field('DELETE') }}
  {{ csrf_field() }}
  <select name="id">
    <option value="1">vddv</option>
    <option value="2">miss</option>
    <option value="3">miss</option>
    <option value="4">joy</option>
  </select>
  <button type="submit" title="Delete Post">Delete</button>
</form>

// In Controller

public function destroy($id) {
  Post::destroy($id);
  return redirect('posts')->with('flash_message', 'Post deleted!');
}

Calling destroy method in resource controller

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