Pass parameter to create action in controller

Question

I am having issues getting the page to render when using a parameter in a create controller. My show controller works but my create controller doesn't. The error thrown is a 404.

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The URL is: http://myapp.test/country/us/state/create

My controller looks like:

// Show
public function show(Country $country, State $state){
 return view('state.show', compact('state'));
}
// Create
public function create(Country $country) {
 return view('state.create', compact('country'));
}

My route looks like:

Route::get('country/{country}/state/{state}', 'StateController@show');
Route::get('country/{country}/state/create', 'StateController@create');

• Alexey Mezenin: Please show how do you generate the link that shows 404.
• OhDavey: The URL is: http://myapp.test/country/us/state/create just edited the post also
• linktoahref: The create route should have precedence before the state route
• Alexey Mezenin: @DaveyContreras thanks. As linktoahref said, put the create route before the first route.
• OhDavey: Thanks you guys, That fixed the issue!!! and waoo... little things like that would have you pull your hairs... why does that even matter?

Answer 1

You need to flip your routes around to be

Route::get('country/{country}/state/create', 'StateController@create');
Route::get('country/{country}/state/{state}', 'StateController@show');

Laravel processes routes in the order that they are defined, so in your current code Laravel was seeing create as a state.