Laravel difference between resource.create and resource.store

Question

I am about to learn about building RestFul apps in Laravel but I dont understand the difference between resource.create and resource.store

If I want to register and create a new user, does it then use resource.create or resource.store ?

If not, when to use resource.create ? And when should I use resource.store ?

Cheers,

Solution 1

just a simple example. (oversimplification)

let's say you are writing a blog.

the GET request you are sending to get the form (where you will write the blog) is resource.create.

after finishing the writing, when you will submit and POST the content so that it gets saved in somewhere, it is resource.store

in your case,

registration form is resource.create.

saving the info (submitting the form) is resource.store.

Solution 2

resource.create shows the form for creating a new resource (front end only to show the form) and resource.store stores a newly created resource in storage (db interaction to store the data).

Solution 3

resource.create = Frontend

resource.store = Backend

Comments

[user2722667]

Super simple, thanks! Then I am only going with store() since im hooking my api up to an iOS app.

[plushyObject]

Thanks this is strangely vauge in the documentation

[ankush981]

@plushyObject Very, very vague, and not needed in most cases. It just makes everything so confusing.

[Cr1xus]

I don't get it.. why would you need a create() function in backend for the form when you have <form> in front end? can you give me an example when you would want to prepare the form?

[itachi]

The create function displays the form. Not the other way around by convention.

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