php - Laravel executes the POST route upon loading page -

so have form on front page:

{{ form::open(array('url' => url::to('', array(), true))) }}         <p>             {{form::label('author') }}             {{form::text('author') }}         </p>         <p>             {{form::label('title') }}             {{form::text('title') }}         </p>         <p>             {{form::label('message') }}             {{form::text('message') }}         </p>         <p>             {{ form::submit() }}         </p> {{ form::close() }} 

then these routes:

route::get('/', function() {     /* unrelated stuff here */ });  route::post('/', function() {     /* testing */     print_r("done!");     exit; }); 

so trying test whether form submission works or not. , doesn't. reason post method being executed once load front page instead of when form submitted. why , how can fix this?

your form url should specified post / -

{{ form::open(array('url' => '/')) }} 

in order redirect homepage should modify post method -

route::post('/', function() {     /* testing */     print_r("done!");     return redirect::to('/'); }); 

here documentation redirecting.