Symfony 2 redirect using POST

Question

In Symfony 2 I have the following code in my Controller:

// prepare to render the seller info panel
$response = array(
    'data' => $data,
);

// render the seller info panel
return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('route', $response));

where route is:

route:
    pattern:  /listing/complete/{data}
    defaults: { _controller: FooBundle:Foo:action }
    requirements:
        _method:  POST

This doesn't work since the redirect is making a GET request. I've also tried it this pattern, but its not matching the route:

route:
    pattern:  /listing/complete
    defaults: { _controller: FooBundle:Foo:action }
    requirements:
        _method:  POST

I've found the routing documentation unhelpful. Is there a way that I can have the redirect make a POST request? What would the route look like, and do I have to do anything in the controller to make it happen?

possible duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/q/5576619/569101 — j0k, Jun 27 '12 at 14:20

score 42 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '15 at 16:26

42

Latest way of doing POST request redirect (as of Symfony 2.6) is simply:

return $this->redirectToRoute('route', [
    'request' => $request
], 307);

Code 307 preserves the request method, while redirectToRoute() is a shortcut method.

answered Jun 24 '15 at 16:26

Damaged Organic

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Great! Exactly what worked for me too. (Symfony 3.1.4) – Ren Nov 11 '16 at 11:28
I'm using the form builder to check if the form was submitted and it's valid, but my request keep in loop. How to fix it? – lcantonelli Jan 07 '19 at 20:53

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 24 '15 at 16:55

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It's impossible to redirect a POST request because the browser would have to re-send the POST data (which it doesn't). What you should do instead in this case is use forwarding.

edited Jun 24 '15 at 16:55

NHG

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answered Jun 27 '12 at 14:07

chiborg

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This is not really true. HTTP/1.1 defined status code 307 which requires the browser not to change the request method. – gphilip Jun 02 '15 at 12:31
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I think this answer is not correct any more - see https://stackoverflow.com/a/31031986/261332 below. – userfuser Sep 20 '17 at 13:07
Thanks for your answer, that's helped me :) – Joffrey Outtier Jul 12 '21 at 12:10

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 15 '15 at 20:20

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I had the same error with you when I used $this->generateUrl with passed parameters. However, my redirect worked when I tried this:

$this->get('router')->generate('route_name', array('param1' => 'paramVal'))

(I know it would not help you that much right now.)

edited Sep 15 '15 at 20:20

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answered Jul 21 '12 at 18:00

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I don't see a difference! In both ways param1 is comming like GET parameter in the URL. – Nikolay Ivanov Aug 21 '14 at 06:40

Symfony 2 redirect using POST

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