laravel 4 changing url structure with parameter passing - forms

Question

I'm just a beginner in laravel framework. i created a simple form and controller methods . i think by default the form method is post. but now i need to make it as get method and also wants to pass the selected inputs to controller and shows that parameters in the url also. currently i did like below but failed.
index.blade.php
<?php echo Form::open(array('url' => 'home/find','method' => 'get')); ?>
<select class="location" id="location" name='location'>
<?php
$id1 = /* get user db details based on locations*/
$location_id_drop_down='';
foreach($idl as $lrow)
{
$city_name=Location::where('location_id','=',$lrow['loc_id'])->first();
if($city_name==array()) continue;
if(Input::old('location')==$lrow['loc_id'])
{
$location_id_drop_down.="<option value='" . $city_name['location_name'] . "' selected='selected'>" .$city_name['location_name'] . "</option>";
}
else
{
$location_id_drop_down.="<option value='" . $city_name['location_name'] . "'>" . $city_name['location_name']. "</option>";
}
}
echo $location_id_drop_down;
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="search" id="search_submit" class="search_submit" value="Search" />
{{ Form::close() }}
HomeController.php
public function anyFind($s='',$d='',$l='') {
if(Input::get('search'))
{
$location=Input::get('location');
}
else
{
if($l!='~')
$location=$l;
}
/* queries to get the user details and images based on selected location and list them*/
}
Routes.php
Route::get('/find/{location}','HomeController#anySearch');
But this shows the url as mysite.com/home/find?location=Test&search=Search
I need mysite.com/home/find/location
is there any mistake in my code?
Edit
As a part of experiment i tried this method. i gave a redirect like below at the end of my controller function anyfind()
return Redirect::to('/home/find/'.$location);
But this redirects me but did anyone knows how to load the search.search_new.blade.php with this custom url??

Answer 1

Having a field from the form in your url (not query string) is simply not possible with Laravel. What you can do though, is just use javascript for that.
First lets put a placeholder in the action url
<?php echo Form::open(array('url' => 'home/find/%location%','method' => 'get')); ?>
jQuery
$('form').on('submit', function(){ // you maybe need to be a bit more precise with the selector here
var location = $('#location').val();
$(this).prop('action', $(this).prop('action').replace('%location%', location));
});
Vanilla Javascript (if you can't / don't want to use jQuery)
document.getElementsByTagName('form')[0].onsubmit = function(e){
var location = document.getElementById('location').value;
e.target.setAttribute('action', e.target.getAttribute('action').replace('%location%', location));
};
By the way: the code in your question has still some weird stuff in there. I'm just assuming this has happened because of copy paste etc. So if it still doesn't work, make sure you post the correct code

Answer 2

Insert at the end of your method anyFind() inside the HomeController.php where you set the view for the page:
if (Input::get('location') != '') {
return Redirect::route('home.findByLocation',Input::get('location'));
}
return View::make('home', compact('location));
Also in your routes.php add the following code:
Route::get('home/find/{location?}', array('as'=>'home.findByLocation', 'uses'=>'HomeController#anyFind'));