php - Route [login] not defined

Question

Trying to play with Laravel today for the first time. I am getting the following error when I attempt to visit localhost/project/public:

InvalidArgumentException
Route [login] not defined.

app/routes.php:

<?php

Route::get('/', 'HomeController@redirect');
Route::get('login', 'LoginController@show');
Route::post('login', 'LoginController@do');
Route::get('dashboard', 'DashboardController@show');

app/controllers/HomeController.php:

<?php

class HomeController extends Controller {

    public function redirect()
    {
        if (Auth::check()) 
            return Redirect::route('dashboard');

        return Redirect::route('login');
    }

}

app/controllers/LoginContoller.php:

<?php

class LoginController extends Controller {

    public function show()
    {
        if (Auth::check()) 
            return Redirect::route('dashboard');

        return View::make('login');
    }

    public function do()
    {
        // do login
    }

}

app/controllers/DashboardController.php:

<?php

class DashboardController extends Controller {

    public function show()
    {
        if (Auth::guest()) 
            return Redirect::route('login');

        return View::make('dashboard');
    }

}

Why am I getting this error?

Answer 1

You're trying to redirect to a named route whose name is login, but you have no routes with that name:

Route::post('login', [ 'as' => 'login', 'uses' => 'LoginController@do']);

The 'as' portion of the second parameter defines the name of the route. The first string parameter defines its route.