Laravel: Unable to redirect to get Route - redirect

Question

Routes.php
Route::get("/", "MasterController#home");
Route::get("add/a/category", "MasterController#add_a_category");
Route::post("add/a/category", "MasterController#add_a_category_post");
MasterController.php
<?php
class MasterController extends BaseController {
public function add_a_category()
{
// titling
$data['title'] = "Price Soldier - Add a Category";
// viewing
return View::make("pages.add_a_category", $data);
}
public function add_a_category_post()
{
// titling
$data['title'] = "Price Soldier - Add a Category";
// controlling
CategoryModel::add();
}
}
?>
CategoryModel.php
<?php
class CategoryModel {
protected $fillable = array("category_name", "updated_at", "created_at");
public static function add()
{
// Validation
$rules = array("category_name" => "required|min:3|max:20");
$validation = Validator::make(Input::except("submit"), $rules);
if ( $validation->fails() )
{
return Redirect::to("add/a/category")->withErrors($validation);
}
else
{
$result = DB::table("categories")
->insert(
array(Input::except("submit"))
);
return Redirect::to("add/a/category");
}
}
}
?>
add_a_category.blade.php
#extends("layouts.master")
#section("content")
<h1>Add a Category</h1>
<form action="{{ URL::to("/") }}/add/a/category" method="POST">
<label for="category_name">Category Name</label>
<input type="text" name="category_name" value="">
{{ $errors->first("email", "<span class='error'>:error</span>") }}
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
<div class="submit">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add">
</div>
</form>
#stop
Now when the validation passes or fails, I'm redirecting to add/a/category route. But I don't see anyhting except a blank page while the category_name field is getting added to the database.

Answer 1

You need to return the response of the model's add method to the Controller's response. Instead of:
ControllerModel::add():
Try
return ControllerModel:add();