Routing problem

You can use method spoofing in forms, though it appears that's not documented. Bad me. I just opened an issue at Github to make sure that gets done.

It would work like this:

Code:

<?php echo form_open('department/'.$department_item['id']); ?>
   <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="delete" />
   <button type="submit" class="button is-small btn-align accent-btn raised rounded btn-outlined">delete</button>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>

Sorry that won't work.
I have tried many many times yesterday and one thing works.

In the Routes:

PHP Code:

$routes->resource('department'); 


In the model:

PHP Code:

<?php
use CodeIgniter\Model;

class DepartmentModel extends Model
{
protected $table      = 'department';
protected $primaryKey = 'id';

protected $returnType = 'array';
protected $useSoftDeletes = true;

protected $allowedFields = ['name'];

protected $useTimestamps = true;
protected $dateFormat = 'datetime';

protected $validationRules    = [];
protected $validationMessages = [];
protected $skipValidation     = false;
} 


In the form:

PHP Code:

<?php echo form_open('department/delete/'.$department_item['id']); ?>
    <button type="submit" class="button is-small btn-align accent-btn raised rounded btn-outlined">delete</button>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>

Also works:

PHP Code:

<?php echo form_open('department/delete/'.$department_item['id']); ?>
    <input type="hidden" name="_method" value="delete" />
    <button type="submit" class="button is-small btn-align accent-btn raised rounded btn-outlined">delete</button>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>

In the controller:

PHP Code:

public function delete($id)
{
    $model = new \DepartmentModel();

    $model->delete($id);
    return redirect()->to('/department');
} 


So you can see that i added "delete/" in the form_open().
Without the "delete/" it wont work and takes the wrong method.
The documentation says:

PHP Code:

$routes->delete('photos/(:segment)',   'Photos::delete/$1'); 


And this happens also for the update method.

So i'm not a expert but what is wrong?
Have i coded the wrong way or is it a bug or is the manual not correct?

André