Laravel: Add @method() & @csrf to Blade

Taylor Otwell tweeted about his plans to add @method() and @csrf. I'm currently using Laravel 5.5 so I have to add these to a ServiceProvider to make use of it. This tutorial discusses how to add such helpers to your edition of Laravel.

Let's start right off from creating a ServiceProvider:

php artisan make:provider BladeServiceProvider

or just create a class called BladeServiceProvider in your app\Providers directory and add the following code:

<?php
namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class BladeServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
    * Bootstrap the application services. 
    * 
    * @return void 
    */ 
    public function boot() 
    {
        //
    }
    
    /** 
    * Register the application services. 
    * 
    * @return void 
    */
    
    public function register() 
    { 
        // 
    } 
}

Now let's add logic for @method in the boot method of BladeServiceProvider

Blade::directive('method', function ($method){
    return '<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="<?php echo strtoupper(' . $method . '); ?>">';
});

Now let's add logic for @csrf helper like above.

Blade::directive('csrf', function (){
    return '<?php echo csrf_field(); ?>';
});

Your code should look similar to the following:

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Blade;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class BladeServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
    * Bootstrap the application services. 
    * 
    * @return void 
    */
    public function boot() 
    {
        Blade::directive('csrf', function () {
            return '<?php echo csrf_field(); ?>'; 
        });
        
        Blade::directive('method', function ($method) {
            return '<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="<?php echo strtoupper(' . $method . '); ?>">'; 
        });
    }
    
    /** 
    * Register the application services. 
    * 
    * @return void 
    */
    public function register() 
    {
        // 
    }
}

Now add BladeServiceProvider::class to the providers array in your config\app.php file like this:

'providers' => [
    ...

    App\Providers\BladeServiceProvider::class,

    ...

Now finally, you can add @method() and @csrf in Blade template conveniently like this:

<form action="..." class="...">
    @csrf
    @method('put')
    @hidden('user_id',$user->id)
    <input type="first_name" name="first_name">
</form>

Thanks for reading!