Part 17 - Model/Form binding and creating an update form

app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php

@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ public function show($id)
      */
     public function edit($id)
     {
-        //
+        // find the post in the database and save as a var
+        $post = Post::find($id);
+        // return the view and pass in the var we previously created
+        return view('posts.edit')->withPost($post);
     }
 
     /**

public/css/styles.css

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 .btn-h1-spacing {
 	margin-top: 18px;
+}
+
+.form-spacing-top {
+	margin-top: 30px;
 }

resources/views/posts/edit.blade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+@extends('main')
+
+@section('title', '| Edit Blog Post')
+
+@section('content')
+
+	<div class="row">
+		{!! Form::model($post, ['route' => ['posts.update', $post->id]]) !!}
+		<div class="col-md-8">
+			{{ Form::label('title', 'Title:') }}
+			{{ Form::text('title', null, ["class" => 'form-control input-lg']) }}
+
+			{{ Form::label('body', "Body:", ['class' => 'form-spacing-top']) }}
+			{{ Form::textarea('body', null, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
+		</div>
+
+		<div class="col-md-4">
+			<div class="well">
+				<dl class="dl-horizontal">
+					<dt>Created At:</dt>
+					<dd>{{ date('M j, Y h:ia', strtotime($post->created_at)) }}</dd>
+				</dl>
+
+				<dl class="dl-horizontal">
+					<dt>Last Updated:</dt>
+					<dd>{{ date('M j, Y h:ia', strtotime($post->updated_at)) }}</dd>
+				</dl>
+				<hr>
+				<div class="row">
+					<div class="col-sm-6">
+						{!! Html::linkRoute('posts.show', 'Cancel', array($post->id), array('class' => 'btn btn-danger btn-block')) !!}
+					</div>
+					<div class="col-sm-6">
+						{!! Html::linkRoute('posts.update', 'Save Changes', array($post->id), array('class' => 'btn btn-success btn-block')) !!}
+					</div>
+				</div>
+
+			</div>
+		</div>
+		{!! Form::close() !!}
+	</div>	<!-- end of .row (form) -->
+
+@stop