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

I handle validation exceptions in Laravel 5.3 like this. If you use Laravel Collective it will automatically display errors next to inputs and if you use laracasts/flash it will also show first validation error as a notice.

---

Handler.php render:

public function render($request, Exception $e)
{
    if ($e instanceof \Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException) {
        return $this->handleValidationException($request, $e);
    }

    (..)
}

And the function:

protected function handleValidationException($request, $e)
    {
        $errors = @$e->validator->errors()->toArray();
        $message = null;
        if (count($errors)) {
            $firstKey = array_keys($errors)[0];
            $message = @$e->validator->errors()->get($firstKey)[0];
            if (strlen($message) == 0) {
                $message = "An error has occurred when trying to register";
            }
        }

        if ($message == null) {
            $message = "An unknown error has occured";
        }

        \Flash::error($message);

        return \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect::back()->withErrors($e->validator)->withInput();
    }