Resource Controllers

Last modified on: September 3, 2025

<h1 data-start="159" data-end="197">🚀 Resource Controllers in Laravel</h1>
<p data-start="199" data-end="369">A <strong data-start="201" data-end="224">Resource Controller</strong> in Laravel is a special type of controller that provides predefined methods for performing <strong data-start="316" data-end="355">CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)</strong> operations.</p>
<p data-start="371" data-end="460">Instead of manually writing each route, you can map all CRUD routes with a single line.</p>
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<h2 data-start="467" data-end="508">🔹 1. Creating a Resource Controller</h2>
<p data-start="510" data-end="532">Use Artisan command:</p>
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<pre class="language-php"><code>php artisan make:controller PostController --resource</code></pre>
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<p data-start="601" data-end="660">This creates:<br data-start="614" data-end="617" /><code data-start="617" data-end="658">app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php</code></p>
<p data-start="662" data-end="677">With methods:</p>
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<p data-start="681" data-end="709"><code data-start="681" data-end="690">index()</code> &rarr; Show all posts</p>
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<p data-start="712" data-end="749"><code data-start="712" data-end="722">create()</code> &rarr; Show form for new post</p>
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<p data-start="752" data-end="779"><code data-start="752" data-end="761">store()</code> &rarr; Save new post</p>
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<p data-start="782" data-end="817"><code data-start="782" data-end="793">show($id)</code> &rarr; Display single post</p>
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<p data-start="820" data-end="858"><code data-start="820" data-end="831">edit($id)</code> &rarr; Show form to edit post</p>
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<p data-start="861" data-end="890"><code data-start="861" data-end="874">update($id)</code> &rarr; Update post</p>
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<p data-start="893" data-end="923"><code data-start="893" data-end="907">destroy($id)</code> &rarr; Delete post</p>
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<h2 data-start="930" data-end="964">🔹 2. Defining Resource Route</h2>
<p data-start="966" data-end="1012">Instead of writing multiple routes, just do:</p>
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<pre class="language-php"><code>use App\Http\Controllers\PostController;

Route::resource('posts', PostController::class);</code></pre>
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<p data-start="1117" data-end="1161">This generates <strong data-start="1132" data-end="1144">7 routes</strong> automatically:</p>
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<th data-start="1163" data-end="1177" data-col-size="sm">HTTP Method</th>
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<th data-start="1196" data-end="1216" data-col-size="sm">Controller Method</th>
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<td data-start="1304" data-end="1318" data-col-size="sm">GET</td>
<td data-start="1318" data-end="1337" data-col-size="sm">/posts</td>
<td data-start="1337" data-end="1356" data-col-size="sm">index</td>
<td data-start="1356" data-end="1374" data-col-size="sm">List all posts</td>
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<td data-start="1375" data-end="1389" data-col-size="sm">GET</td>
<td data-start="1389" data-end="1408" data-col-size="sm">/posts/create</td>
<td data-start="1408" data-end="1427" data-col-size="sm">create</td>
<td data-start="1427" data-end="1447" data-col-size="sm">Show create form</td>
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<td data-start="1448" data-end="1462" data-col-size="sm">POST</td>
<td data-start="1462" data-end="1481" data-col-size="sm">/posts</td>
<td data-start="1481" data-end="1500" data-col-size="sm">store</td>
<td data-start="1500" data-end="1517" data-col-size="sm">Save new post</td>
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<td data-start="1518" data-end="1532" data-col-size="sm">GET</td>
<td data-start="1532" data-end="1551" data-col-size="sm">/posts/{id}</td>
<td data-start="1551" data-end="1570" data-col-size="sm">show</td>
<td data-start="1570" data-end="1590" data-col-size="sm">Show single post</td>
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<td data-start="1591" data-end="1605" data-col-size="sm">GET</td>
<td data-start="1605" data-end="1624" data-col-size="sm">/posts/{id}/edit</td>
<td data-start="1624" data-end="1643" data-col-size="sm">edit</td>
<td data-start="1643" data-end="1661" data-col-size="sm">Show edit form</td>
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<td data-start="1662" data-end="1676" data-col-size="sm">PUT/PATCH</td>
<td data-start="1676" data-end="1695" data-col-size="sm">/posts/{id}</td>
<td data-start="1695" data-end="1714" data-col-size="sm">update</td>
<td data-start="1714" data-end="1729" data-col-size="sm">Update post</td>
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<td data-start="1730" data-end="1744" data-col-size="sm">DELETE</td>
<td data-start="1744" data-end="1763" data-col-size="sm">/posts/{id}</td>
<td data-start="1763" data-end="1782" data-col-size="sm">destroy</td>
<td data-start="1782" data-end="1797" data-col-size="sm">Delete post</td>
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<h2 data-start="1804" data-end="1838">🔹 3. Example: PostController</h2>
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<pre class="language-php"><code>namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class PostController extends Controller
{
    // Show all posts
    public function index()
    {
        $posts = Post::all();
        return view('posts.index', compact('posts'));
    }

// Show create form
    public function create()
    {
        return view('posts.create');
    }

// Save new post
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $post = new Post();
        $post-&gt;title = $request-&gt;title;
        $post-&gt;content = $request-&gt;content;
        $post-&gt;save();

return redirect()-&gt;route('posts.index');
    }

// Show single post
    public function show($id)
    {
        $post = Post::findOrFail($id);
        return view('posts.show', compact('post'));
    }

// Show edit form
    public function edit($id)
    {
        $post = Post::findOrFail($id);
        return view('posts.edit', compact('post'));
    }

// Update post
    public function update(Request $request, $id)
    {
        $post = Post::findOrFail($id);
        $post-&gt;title = $request-&gt;title;
        $post-&gt;content = $request-&gt;content;
        $post-&gt;save();

return redirect()-&gt;route('posts.index');
    }

// Delete post
    public function destroy($id)
    {
        Post::destroy($id);
        return redirect()-&gt;route('posts.index');
    }
}</code></pre>
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<h2 data-start="3231" data-end="3255">🔹 4. Example Views</h2>
<p data-start="3257" data-end="3314"><strong data-start="3257" data-end="3312">Blade file: <code data-start="3271" data-end="3310">resources/views/posts/index.blade.php</code></strong></p>
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<pre class="language-php"><code>&lt;h1&gt;All Posts&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;a href="{{ route('posts.create') }}"&gt;Create New Post&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    @foreach($posts as $post)
        &lt;li&gt;
            &lt;a href="{{ route('posts.show', $post-&gt;id) }}"&gt;{{ $post-&gt;title }}&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;a href="{{ route('posts.edit', $post-&gt;id) }}"&gt;Edit&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;form action="{{ route('posts.destroy', $post-&gt;id) }}" method="POST" style="display:inline;"&gt;
                @csrf
                @method('DELETE')
                &lt;button type="submit"&gt;Delete&lt;/button&gt;
            &lt;/form&gt;
        &lt;/li&gt;
    @endforeach
&lt;/ul&gt;</code></pre>
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<h2 data-start="3882" data-end="3921">🔹 5. Partial Resource Controllers</h2>
<p data-start="3923" data-end="3977">If you don&rsquo;t need all 7 methods, you can limit them:</p>
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<pre class="language-php"><code>Route::resource('posts', PostController::class)-&gt;only(['index', 'show']);
Route::resource('posts', PostController::class)-&gt;except(['destroy']);</code></pre>
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<h2 data-start="4140" data-end="4175">🔹 6. API Resource Controllers</h2>
<p data-start="4177" data-end="4193">For APIs, use:</p>
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<pre class="language-php"><code>php artisan make:controller PostController --api --resource</code></pre>
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<p data-start="4268" data-end="4334">This excludes <code data-start="4282" data-end="4290">create</code> and <code data-start="4295" data-end="4301">edit</code> (since APIs don&rsquo;t need forms).</p>
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<h1 data-start="4341" data-end="4355">📌 Summary</h1>
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<p data-start="4359" data-end="4413"><strong data-start="4359" data-end="4383">Resource Controllers</strong> = Quick way to handle CRUD.</p>
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<p data-start="4416" data-end="4477"><strong data-start="4416" data-end="4437">Route::resource()</strong> generates <strong data-start="4448" data-end="4460">7 routes</strong> automatically.</p>
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<p data-start="4480" data-end="4559">Can be used for <strong data-start="4496" data-end="4503">Web</strong> (with Blade views) and <strong data-start="4527" data-end="4534">API</strong> (with JSON responses).</p>
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<p data-start="4562" data-end="4619">Supports <strong data-start="4571" data-end="4581">only()</strong> and <strong data-start="4586" data-end="4598">except()</strong> for customization.</p>
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