PATCH and PUT Request Does not Working with form-data

Question

I am using Laravel to create a RESTFUL application and I test the application with Postman. Currently, there is an issue for PATCH or PUT if the da

Answer 1

Laravel PATCH and PUT method does not work with form-data, it's known issue of Symfony and even PHP (Google for that - Laravel use many Symfony foundation packages, include Request).

1. If you do not need to pass file(s) via request, change form-data to raw with json content-type. E.g: {"name":"changed"}. It will be read as php://input and your code should work well ($request->all() is now ["name" => "changed]).

2. If you need to pass file(s), in my opinion, DO NOT pass it within the REST API methods. You can write another method to do whatever you need with your file(s) (E.g: POST form-data -> upload file -> update db -> return a file path/url/even its base64 content), then you can use its output/result to continue with your patch/put method (raw with json content-type). I always do that when I work with files in API.

Hope this help!