1 <?php
2
3 Route::get('admin', array('before' => 'auth', 'do' => function() {
4 $user = Auth::user();
5 return View::make('pages.new')->with('user', $user);
6 }));
Now that we have a handle on our currently logged in user, let’s add that information to the
create new post view to identify our author. A hidden field should do the trick.
1 <?php
2
3 ...
4
5 {{ Form::open('login') }}
6
7 <!-- author -->
8 {{ Form::hidden('author_id', $user->id) }}
9
10 <!-- title field -->
11 <p>{{ Form::label('title', 'Title') }}</p>
12 <p>{{ Form::text('title') }}</p>
13
14 ...
We can now identify our author, and the create new post page is ready. We don’t need to link
to it, we want it hidden. We can simply hit the URL /admin if we want to create a new post.
Let’s handle a new post creation.
1 <?php
2
3 Route::post('admin', function() {
4
5 // let's get the new post from the POST data
6 // this is much safer than using mass assignment
7 $new_post = array(
8 'title' => Input::get('title'),
9 'body' => Input::get('body'),
10 'author_id' => Input::get('author_id')
11 );
12
13 // let's setup some rules for our new data
14 // I'm sure you can come up with better ones
15 $rules = array(
16 'title' => 'required|min:3|max:128',17 'body' => 'required'
18 );
19
20 // make the validator
21 $v = Validator::make($new_post, $rules);
22
23 if ( $v->fails() )
24 {
25 // redirect back to the form with
26 // errors, input and our currently
27 // logged in user
28 return Redirect::to('admin')
29 ->with('user', Auth::user())
30 ->with_errors($v)
31 ->with_input();
32 }
33
34 // create the new post
35 $post = new Post($new_post);
36 $post->save();
37
38 // redirect to viewing our new post
39 return Redirect::to('view/'.$post->id);
40
41 });
Now we should be able to create some blog posts, go ahead! Write a few articles so we have
something to view in our list all posts view.
Speaking of which, let’s get to work on that.
1 <?php
2
3 Route::get('/', function() {
4 // lets get our posts and eager load the
5 // author
6 $posts = Post::with('author')->all();
7
8 return View::make('pages.home')
9 ->with('posts', $posts);
10 });
We also need a view to list all of our blog posts, here we go..
pages/home.blade.php1 <?php
2
3 @layout('templates.main')
4
5 @section('content')
6 @foreach ($posts as $post)
7 <div class="post">
8 <h1>{{ HTML::link('view/'.$post->id, $post->title) }}</h1>
9 <p>{{ substr($post->body,0, 120).' [..]' }}</p>
10 <p>{{ HTML::link('view/'.$post->id, 'Read more &rarr;') }}</p>
11 </div>
12 @endforeach
13 @endsection
Finally we need a full view for our blog posts, let’s call it..
pages/full.blade.php
1 <?php
2
3 @layout('templates.main')
4
5 @section('content')
6 <div class="post">
7 <h1>{{ HTML::link('view/'.$post->id, $post->title) }}</h1>
8 <p>{{ $post->body }}</p>
9 <p>{{ HTML::link('/', '&larr; Back to index.') }}</p>
10 </div>
11 @endsection
We also need to add a new route to enable the view..
1 Route::get('view/(:num)', function($post) {
2 $post = Post::find($post);
3 return View::make('pages.full')
4 ->with('post', $post);
5 });
Now we have a fully working blog, with just the basics. Let’s take a quick look at what we could
do to improve it. Go ahead and try to add some of these features to test your Laravel skills.