How to get the value from a hidden input field without submitting using laravel

Question

I have the following code:

In my view:

{{Form::open()}}
{{Form::hidden ('hiddentitle', 'title info')}}
{{Form::close()}}

In my controller:

  class PController extends BaseController {

   public function user(){

  $hiddentitle               = Input::get('hiddentitle');


  dd($hiddentitle); //I get NULL values      

  return View::make('person.user');

    }

   }

Can anyone explain why I get NULL values for $hiddentitle? I know this seems very simple but it's a big problem. Thanks

You made sure the title existed, but does it have a user_id = 3? — patricus
– patricus, Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 16:56
Looks right to me. What do you get with dd($hiddentitle); and separately dd($checktitle); ? — retrograde
– retrograde, Commented Jun 1, 2015 at 16:59

whoacowboy · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-01 18:44:58Z

-1

How are you submitting the form?

I just tested this code and it works for me with Laravel 5.

routes.php

Route::resource('test', 'TestController');

Controller

public function create()
{
    return view('test.create');
}

public function store()
{
    dd(\Input::get('hiddentitle'));
}

test/create.blade.php

{!! Form::open() !!}
{!! Form::hidden ('hiddentitle', 'title info')!!}
{!! Form::submit('Go') !!}
{!! Form::close() !!}

results

"title info"

Edited per comments

I am unclear on exactly what you are trying to do. If you post your attempts I could answer your question better. I believe you would like to do something like this.

@foreach ($user->books as $book)

    @if(!emtpy($book->title)
        {!! Form::open() !!}
        {!! Form::hidden ('hiddentitle', 'title info')!!}
        {!! Form::submit('Go') !!}
        {!! Form::close() !!}
    @endif

@endforeach

edited Jun 1, 2015 at 18:44

answered Jun 1, 2015 at 18:22

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6 Comments

Billy Over a year ago

I dont want to submit the form I just want to access the value

whoacowboy Over a year ago

@Billy at what point are you trying to access the value? If you don't submit the form the value won't go to the controller. The Controller sets the View variables and the View sends those variables back to the Controller on submit. If you are setting the hiddentitle from your user function you would do something like return view('person.user')->with('hiddentitle', 'title info');

Billy Over a year ago

ahh i see. I want to validate whether show a form depending on the looped info in the view. Any ideas on how to validate only parts of looped data?

Billy Over a year ago

I mistakenly edited the question to make it easier but I'll just repost another question but in summary I want to execute this query in my controller. $check = Model::where('user_id', 3)->where ('title', $hiddentitle)->first(); and then in my view use the isset method to display my form or not.

whoacowboy Over a year ago

@Billy Where are you setting $hiddentitle?

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