Delete link instead of button laravel

Question

I have a delete link that links to destroy button

<i class="icon-trash"></i>
<a style="color:black" href="route{{ action('TasksController@destroy', ['id' => $task->id ,'method'=>'DELETE'] ) }}">
  delete
</a>

This is the destroy function

public function destroy($id)
{
    //delete task
    $task = Task::find($id);
    $task->delete();

    return redirect('/home')->with('success', 'Task deleted successfully');
}

but the link is not working when clicked

Answer 1

The Blade syntax is incorrect, change it to:

<i class="icon-trash"></i>
<a style="color:black" href="{{ route('tasks.destroy', ['id' => $task->id]) }}">
    delete
</a>

Which requires a route like this:

Route::get('/tasks/delete/{id}', 'TasksController@destroy')
     ->name('tasks.destroy');

And a controller method like this:

public function destroy($id)
{
  // delete task
  $task=Task::find($id);
  $task->delete();
  return redirect('/home')->with('success','Task deleted successfully');
}

NOTE:

Having a get method to delete is a security vulnerability as anyone can trick other users into deleting tasks just by providing a link

Change it to a post method

EDIT:

Here are some suggestions to improve your code

Change your HTML to perform a post request:

<i class="icon-trash"></i>
<a style="color:black" 
    href="{{ route('tasks.destroy', ['task' => $task]) }}"
    onclick="event.preventDefault();
    document.getElementById('delete-form-{{ $task->id }}').submit();">
    delete
</a>

<form id="delete-form-{{ $task->id }}" action="{{ route('tasks.destroy', ['task' => $task]) }}"
     method="POST" style="display: none;">
    @csrf
</form>

And the route to DELETE with route model binding:

Route::delete('/tasks/delete/{task}', 'TasksController@destroy')
     ->name('tasks.destroy');

You can add dependency injection to the controller method like this:

public function destroy(Task $task)
{
  // delete task
  $task->delete();
  return redirect('/home')->with('success','Task deleted successfully');
}