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Normal Buttons
When we need a button that won’t be used to submit our form, we can use the Form::button()
method. Here’s an example.
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3 {{ Form::open(array('url' => 'my/route')) }}
4 {{ Form::button('Smile') }}
5 {{ Form::close() }}
The parameters for the Form::button() method are exactly the same as the Form::submit() method
mentioned previously. Here’s the generated source from the example.
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8 Smile
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Image Buttons
Instead of a native button, you could use the HTML5 image button type to submit your form. Here’s
an example.
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3 {{ Form::open(array('url' => 'my/route')) }}
4 {{ Form::image(asset('my/image.gif', 'submit')) }}
5 {{ Form::close() }}
The first parameter to the Form::image() method is the URL to an image to use for the button. I
have used the asset() helper method to generate the URL. The second parameter is the value of the
button.
Here’s the generated source code.