How to redirect back to form with input - Laravel 5

Question

How do I redirect back to my form page, with the given POST params, if my form action throws an exception?

Answer 1

You can use the following:

return Redirect::back()->withInput(Input::all());

If you're using Form Request Validation, this is exactly how Laravel will redirect you back with errors and the given input.

Excerpt from \Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests:

return redirect()->to($this->getRedirectUrl())
                    ->withInput($request->input())
                    ->withErrors($errors, $this->errorBag());