Why controllers organize request handling in Laravel - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to define a controller method that handles a request.

Laravel

public function index() {
    return view([1]);
}

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A'home.index'

Bhome.index

C"home.index"

Dhome_index

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Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the view name

Using dot notation without quotes

The view function expects the view name as a string in quotes.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to import the base Controller class in Laravel.

Laravel

use [1];

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AApp\Http\Controllers\Controller

BIlluminate\Http\Controller

CApp\Controller

DHttp\Controllers\Controller

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong namespace for Controller

Missing the full namespace path

Laravel controllers extend the base Controller class located in App\Http\Controllers\Controller.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the controller method to correctly retrieve all users.

Laravel

public function showUsers() {
    $users = User::[1]();
    return view('users.list', ['users' => $users]);
}

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AgetAll

Bretrieve

Call

Dfetch

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Common Mistakes

Using non-existent methods like getAll or fetch

Forgetting parentheses after method name

The correct Eloquent method to get all records is all().

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to define a controller method that validates a request and stores a new post.

Laravel

public function store(Request $request) {
    $validated = $request->[1]([ 'title' => 'required', 'body' => 'required' ]);
    Post::[2]($validated);
    return redirect()->route('posts.index');
}

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Avalidate

Bsave

Ccreate

Dstore

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Common Mistakes

Using save() on the model class instead of create()

Not validating request data before saving

The validate method checks the request data, and create saves a new model instance.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to define a controller method that updates a user and redirects with a success message.

Laravel

public function update(Request $request, $id) {
    $user = User::findOrFail([1]);
    $user->update($request->[2]());
    return redirect()->route('users.show', [3])->with('success', 'User updated!');
}

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A$id

Ball

Dinput

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong variable names for user id

Using input() instead of all() for update data

Not passing id to redirect route

Use $id to find the user, all() to get all request data, and $id again for the redirect parameter.