How can I redirect with old input in Laravel?
You can access the last inputs like so:
$username = Request::old('username');
As pointed at by @Arian Acosta you may simply do
<input type="text" ... value="{{ old('username') }}" ... >.
As described in the docs it is more convenient in a blade view.
There are several possibilties in the controller:
Instead of ->withInput(Request::except('password'))
do:
a) Input::flash();
or:
b) Input::flashExcept('password');
and redirect to the view with:
a) ->withInput(Input::except('password'));
resp. with:
b) ->withInput();
The docs about Old Input for further reading...
For my project, I needed another way:
Shove a GET request in the validation return to fetch some previous data:
// if the validator fails, redirect back to the form if ($validator->fails()) { //let's send some data back (Orlando,Florida): return Redirect::to('auth/register?city=Orlando&State=Florida') ->withErrors($validator) }else{ //validation success }