[5.2] No errors in session after validation fails #12022
Description
EDIT! I found the problem >> see second post
I was following Task List, Intermediate Task List and even 'Project Flyer' on Laracasts. There is a problem with displaying errors after a failing validation.
I created a very basic 'contactform', one index/form and one POST with validation. When validation is OK, the behavior is as expected. When validation fails, the errors are not in $errors. I do NOT use authentication, nor a database. I tried it with FormRequest and with basic $request/validation methods.
Besides that, (re)filling forms with value="{{ old('name') }}" also does not work...
And yes, I did put my routes in the web group middleware.
Routes snippet
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
//Route::resource('contact', 'ContactController');
Route::get('/contactform', 'ContactController@index');
Route::post('/contact', 'ContactController@store');
});Form snippet
@if (count($errors) > 0)
<ul>
@foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
<li>{{ $error }}</li>
@endforeach
</ul>
@endif
<form action="{{ url('contact') }}" method="POST" class="form-horizontal">
<input type="text" name="name" id="contact-name" class="form-control">
<button type="submit">submit</button>
</form>
Controller snippet
public function index(Request $request)
{
var_dump($request->session()->all());
return view('contact.index');
}
/**
* Create a new task.
*
* @param Request $request
* @return Response
*/
public function store(Request $request)
{
var_dump($request->session()->all());
$this->validate($request, [
/* characters will fail the validation */
'name' => 'required|integer|min:4',
]);
dd($request->all());
}correct input gives me the dd() from the store method, so validation is working at a certain level. The problem must be in the redirect and session.