Submit links to a DELETE route with a confirmation box.
// Delete link created in a Presenter or wherever you want (Bootstrap 3 style)
// Generate a CSRF token and put it inside a custom data-delete attribute
public function buttonDelete()
{
$format = '<a href="%s" data-toggle="tooltip" data-delete="%s" title="%s" class="btn btn-default"><i class="fa fa-trash-o"></i></i></a>';
$link = URL::route('accounts.groups.delete', ['id' => $this->resource->id]);
$token = csrf_token();
$title = "Delete the group";
return sprintf($format, $link, $token, $title);
}
// Jquery function which listens for click events on elements which have a data-delete attribute
$('[data-delete]').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
// If the user confirm the delete
if (confirm('Do you really want to delete the element ?')) {
// Get the route URL
var url = $(this).prop('href');
// Get the token
var token = $(this).data('delete');
// Create a form element
var $form = $('<form/>', {action: url, method: 'post'});
// Add the DELETE hidden input method
var $inputMethod = $('<input/>', {type: 'hidden', name: '_method', value: 'delete'});
// Add the token hidden input
var $inputToken = $('<input/>', {type: 'hidden', name: '_token', value: token});
// Append the inputs to the form, hide the form, append the form to the <body>, SUBMIT !
$form.append($inputMethod, $inputToken).hide().appendTo('body').submit();
}
});