submitting a form in Laravel

Question

I have created a very simple form in laravel..

<?php
 echo Form::selectRange('number', 2, 12);
 echo Form::submit('Click Me!');
?>

However, at this time I am unclear of how to send the selected value of the DDL to the server to perform a task depending on which value is selected. For example, if 3 is selected it would send you to a specific view that would be different than if 4, 5, or 6 was selected. I checked out the documentation and couldn't find the direction I should go.

Answer 1

I believe that if you see the posted data, you'll see a field number with the value selected in the input. In laravel you access to such variables as

$number = Input::get('number');
...

Hope it helps!

EDIT You also need to open and close the form:

{{ Form::open(array('url' => 'foo/bar')) }}
 {{ Form::selectRange('number', 2, 12) }}
 {{ Form::submit('Click Me!') }}
{{ Form::close() }}

EDIT2 Your routes.php should have something like this:

Route::post('foo/bar', function()
{
 $number = Input::get('number');
 .....
});

• Chris: I tried adding: $number = Input::get('number'); then echo $number; There is no output in my HTML. From everything I am looking at, maybe I need to create a controller to handle the logic?
• Chris: So, with the code <?php Form::open(array('url' => 'foo/bar')); Form::selectRange('number', 2, 12); Form::submit('Click Me!'); Form::close(); $number = Input::get('number'); echo $number; ?> The form no longer shows on the page, any idea why?
• edpaez: I think I understand you now... First: You have to either echo every call to Form or use blade syntax. Second: the $number = Input::get('number'); code must be inside a function handling the POST request (when you submit the form). Look at my second edit