Laravel error: route not defined

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Possible duplicate of this. But unable to get the answer in my case.

I need to use a link on my Laravel website, but it keeps resulting in "route not defined" error.

Html:

<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
@auth
    <li>
        <a href="{{ route('add-post') }}">Add post</a>
    </li>
@endauth
</ul>

web.php:

Route::get('/add-post', 'PagesController@add_post');

PagesController:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class PagesController extends Controller
{
    public function add_post()
    {
        return view('add-post');
    }
}

Any chance of feedback on the answer at all?

Andy Holmes
– Andy Holmes

2018-01-18 16:56:59 +00:00
Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 16:56 — Andy Holmes
– Andy Holmes, Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 16:56

Brian Glaz · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-18 15:57:04Z

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So you basically have two options here. When you use the route function, Laravel is looking for a named route. In order to name a route, you can add ->name('name-of-route-here') at the end of your route definition.

If you don't want to name your route, you can just use the url helper function instead of route, so your code would be url('add-post')

Documentation on named routes: https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/routing#named-routes Documentation on url function: https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/helpers#method-url

answered Jan 18, 2018 at 15:57

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Andy Holmes · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-18 15:53:06Z

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You need to name the route in order to do that:

For example:

Route::get('/add-post', 'PagesController@add_post')->name('add-post);

This is because when you use route('add-post') are are requesting a URL based on the name set in the web.php file

answered Jan 18, 2018 at 15:53

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user6046313 Over a year ago

This was the first anwser i've tried and which worked. Thanks!

Andy Holmes Over a year ago

@YvesSterckx no problem! Can you accept it as helpful please? (The tick icon next to the question)

Matiur Rahman Mozumdar · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-18 17:56:30Z

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Just change this:

<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
   @auth
     <li>
      <a href="{{ url('add-post') }}">Add post</a>
   </li>
   @endauth

web.php:

Route::get('add-post', 'PagesController@add_post');

answered Jan 18, 2018 at 17:56

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