Fixed Response Dropdown bug

app/Http/Controllers/ResponseController.php

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
 use App\Models\Form;
 use App\Models\Response;
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ class ResponseController extends Controller
     return view('responses.viewResponse', compact('form', 'responses', 'questions'));
 }
 
+public function viewResponses(Form $form)
+{
+    // Get all responses for the form, grouped by response_id
+    $responses = Response::where('form_id', $form->id)
+        ->orderBy('submitted_at', 'desc')
+        ->get()
+        ->groupBy('response_id');
+
+    return view('responses.viewResponses', compact('form', 'responses'));
+}
+
     public function showForm(Form $form)
     {
         $questions = $form->questions;
@@ -44,12 +55,16 @@ class ResponseController extends Controller
 
     public function submitForm(Request $request, Form $form)
 {
+    Log::info($request->all()); // Log the entire request data for debugging
+
     // Validate and process form submission
     $validatedData = $request->validate([
         'answers' => 'required|array',
         'answers.*' => 'required',
     ]);
 
+    Log::info($validatedData); // Log the validated data for debugging
+
     // Generate a UUID for response_id
     $responseId = Uuid::uuid4()->toString();
 
@@ -67,16 +82,5 @@ class ResponseController extends Controller
 
     return redirect()->route('responses.showForm', $form)
                      ->with('success', 'Response submitted successfully.');
-}
-    // View responses for the form owner
-    public function viewResponses(Form $form)
-{
-    // Get all responses for the form, grouped by response_id
-    $responses = Response::where('form_id', $form->id)
-        ->orderBy('submitted_at', 'desc')
-        ->get()
-        ->groupBy('response_id');
-
-    return view('responses.viewResponses', compact('form', 'responses'));
 }
 }

package-lock.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "name": "LaraForms-main",
+    "name": "Forms_Laravel",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {

resources/views/responses/showForm.blade.php

@@ -72,11 +72,15 @@
                             </label>
                         @endforeach
                     @elseif($question->type == 'dropdown')
-                        <select class="form-select mt-2 block w-full p-2 border border-gray-300 rounded-md bg-white shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-purple-500 focus:border-purple-500 sm:text-sm">
+                        <select class="form-select mt-2 block w-full p-2 border border-gray-300 rounded-md bg-white shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-purple-500 focus:border-purple-500 sm:text-sm" name="answers[{{ $question->id }}]">
                             @foreach (json_decode($question->options) as $option)
                                 <option value="{{ $option }}">{{ $option }}</option>
                             @endforeach
                         </select>
+                    @elseif($question->type == 'short_answer')
+                        <input type="text" name="answers[{{ $question->id }}]" class="form-input mt-2 block w-full p-2 border border-gray-300 rounded-md shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-purple-500 focus:border-purple-500 sm:text-sm">
+                    @elseif($question->type == 'long_answer')
+                        <textarea name="answers[{{ $question->id }}]" class="form-textarea mt-2 block w-full p-2 border border-gray-300 rounded-md shadow-sm focus:outline-none focus:ring-purple-500 focus:border-purple-500 sm:text-sm"></textarea>
                     @endif
                 </div>
             @endforeach
@@ -87,3 +91,4 @@
         </form>
     </div>
 @endsection
+

resources/views/responses/viewResponse.blade.php

@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@
         <div class="response_detail">
             <h2>Response from {{ $responses->first()->user->name ?? 'Anonymous' }} - {{ $responses->first()->submitted_at }}</h2>
 
-            {{-- Debugging output --}}
-            <pre>{{ print_r($questions) }}</pre>
-            <pre>{{ print_r($responses) }}</pre>
 
             @foreach ($responses as $response)
                 @php
@@ -94,23 +91,21 @@
                 @if ($question)
                     <div class="question">
                         <h3>{{ $question->question_text }}</h3>
-                        @if (in_array($question->type, ['multiple_choice', 'checkbox', 'dropdown']))
                         @if ($question->type == 'dropdown')
                             <select disabled>
                                 @foreach (json_decode($question->options) as $option)
-                                        <option {{ ($option == $response->answers) ? 'selected' : '' }}>
+                                    <option {{ ($option == $decodedAnswers) ? 'selected' : '' }}>
                                         {{ $option }}
                                     </option>
                                 @endforeach
                             </select>
-                            @else
+                        @elseif (in_array($question->type, ['multiple_choice', 'checkbox']))
                             @foreach (json_decode($question->options) as $option)
                                 <p>
-                                        <input type="radio" disabled {{ in_array($option, (array)$decodedAnswers) ? 'checked' : '' }}>
+                                    <input type="{{ $question->type == 'checkbox' ? 'checkbox' : 'radio' }}" disabled {{ in_array($option, (array)$decodedAnswers) ? 'checked' : '' }}>
                                     {{ $option }}
                                 </p>
                             @endforeach
-                            @endif
                         @else
                             <p>{{ is_array($decodedAnswers) ? implode(', ', $decodedAnswers) : $decodedAnswers }}</p>
                         @endif
@@ -126,3 +121,4 @@
 
 </html>
 
+