Laravel Starter - PHP User Group (Myanmar)

Laravel Starter
Step 17 – Creating the update form with the form helper
Now, we just need to create the update form and we'll have a full administrative system!
Go ahead and create the view at application/views/users/update.blade.php
and fill it with this lovely form:
Update a User
{{ Form::open() }}
Real Name: {{ Form::text('real_name', $user->real_name) }}
Email: {{ Form::text('email', $user->email) }}
Change Password: {{ Form::password('password') }}
{{ Form::submit('Update User') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
This is almost exactly like the create form except that we have mixed things up a little. First of
all, you'll notice that we're using Laravel's Form class helper methods. These helper methods,
like the HTML class' helper methods, are not mandatory. However, they are recommended. They
offer many of the same advantages as the HTML class' helper methods. The Form class' helper
methods offer a unified interface for generating the resulting HTML tags. It's much easier to
programmatically update HTML tag attributes by passing an array as an argument than to loop
through and generate the HTML yourself.
Real Name: {{ Form::text('real_name', $user->real_name) }}
Text fields can be prepopulated by passing in a second argument. In this example, we're passing
the real_name attribute from the user object that we passed from the controller. We then
prepopulate the email field in the same way.
Change Password: {{ Form::password('password') }}
Notice that we're not prepopulating the password field. It doesn't make sense to do so as
we're not storing a readable version of the password in the database. Not only that, to prevent
a developer from making a mistake the Form::password() method does not have the
functionality to prepopulate this field at all.
And with that we have a fully working update user form!
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