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PHP Laravel 4 Basics Blade & Forms Recieving Input

Posted by Kristofer Doman
Kristofer Doman
18,307 Points

Laravel 5.4 error: Method [beforeFilter] does not exist.

$this->beforeFilter('csrf', array('on' => 'post')); // laravel 4

This isn't working in laravel 5.4 and I'm curious if anyone knows the syntax or replacement for this code. I'm not familiar with this.

1 Answer

Justin Radcliffe
Justin Radcliffe
18,987 Points
Justin Radcliffe
Justin Radcliffe
18,987 Points

In Laravel 5.0 beforeFilter() has been depricated. However, for this specific purpose of validating the CSRF token, Laravel >= 5.0 validates this automatically using middleware. The only thing you need to do is include:

{{ csrf_field() }}

in your form like so:

{!! Form::open(['route' => 'todos.store', 'method' => 'post', 'files' => true]) !!}
<div class="form-group">
    {{ Form::label('title', 'List Title', ['class' => 'control-label']) }}
    {{ Form::text('title', '', ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
    {{ csrf_field() }}
</div>
    {{ Form::submit('Submit', ['class' => 'btn btn-default']) }}
{!! Form::close() !!}