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Forms 165
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3 {{ Form::open(array(
4 'url' => 'my/route',
5 'files' => true
6 )) }}
7 {{ Form::label('avatar', 'Avatar') }}
8 {{ Form::file('avatar') }}
9 {{ Form::close() }}
The first parameter for the Form::file() method is the name attribute of the file upload element,
however, in order for the upload to work, we need to ensure that the form is opened with the files
option to include the multipart encoding type.
Here’s the generate page source.
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9 Avatar
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Hidden Fields
Sometimes our fields aren’t meant to capture input. We can use hidden fields to supply extra data
along with our forms. Let’s take a look at how hidden fields can be generated.
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3 {{ Form::open(array('url' => 'my/route')) }}
4 {{ Form::hidden('panda', 'luishi') }}
5 {{ Form::close() }}
The first parameter to the Form::hidden() method is the name attribute, I bet you didn’t see that
coming? The second parameter is of course the value.
This is how the generated page source looks.