Merge create and edit blade files to 1 file?

Question

I have created a create form create.blade.php and a edit form edit.blade.php - both form fields are identical.

It quite annoying when I add new fields in the create.blade.php, I also need to add fields in edit.blade.php.

How can I merge into 1 blade file it so it work for both way for creating and editing (view via db).

For example in create.blade.php I have this:

<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="{{ old('name') }}">
@if ($errors->has('name'))
  <label class="error">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</label>
@endif

In edit.blade.php

<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" value="{{ old('name', $category->name) }}">
@if ($errors->has('name'))
  <label class="error">{{ $errors->first('name') }}</label>
@endif

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '17 at 11:05

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Just check if model exists:

{{ old('name', empty($category) ? '' : $category->name) }}

Also, you may want to check if it's create or update form and change form url accordingly:

{{ route(empty($category) ? 'article.create' : 'article.update' ) }}

answered Jan 18 '17 at 11:05

Alexey Mezenin

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Is there a way to create like a helper method to do `{{ old('name', empty($category) ? '' : $category->name) }}` ? Something like `populate('name', 'category->name')` or similar? – I'll-Be-Back Jan 18 '17 at 11:11
Sure, why not? Please check this answer about [creating custom Laravel-like helpers](http://stackoverflow.com/a/37339565/1227923) – Alexey Mezenin Jan 18 '17 at 11:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '17 at 11:05

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<input type="text" name="name" value="{{ $category ? $category->name : old('name') }}">

answered Jan 18 '17 at 11:05

EddyTheDove

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Although this code might solve the problem, adding a explanation helps op to understand why/how it works. – BDL Jan 18 '17 at 15:02

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '17 at 11:25

you can use a partial (fancy name for a smaller template) for your form, and pass that partial the data you require.

Using the example of a booking system:

In your create blade file:

@include('bookings._forms', ['booking' => new \App\Booking])

and the edit file ($booking being retrieved on the controller):

@include('bookings._forms', ['booking' => $booking])

And then your form partial can look like this:

<label for="name" class="label">Name</label>
        <input type="text"
                     class="input"
                     name="name" id="name"
                     placeholder="Guest name"
                     value="{{ old('name') ?? $booking->name }}">

The good thing with this method is that now you can have ONLY your form elements on the partial and only have to update 1 file when you add fields, AND the actual tag stays on your create and edit template, so no worries about that either.

Hope that's clear and it helps.

Merge create and edit blade files to 1 file?

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