Routing

Available Router Methods

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Route::get($uri, $callback);
Route::post($uri, $callback);
Route::put($uri, $callback);
Route::patch($uri, $callback);
Route::delete($uri, $callback);
Route::options($uri, $callback);
Route::any($uri, $callback); //Response to any type of request

Make a route secure

Route::get($uri , array('https', $callback ));

Route Naming

Put a name for a route

Route::<REQUEST_METHOD>($uri, ['as' => 'ROUTE_NAME' , $callback]);

OR

Route::<REQUEST_METHOD>($uri, $callback )->name( 'ROUTE_NAME' );

REQUEST_METHOD:
get , post , put , delete , [ so on .... ]

Get current Route name

$route = Route::currentRouteName();

Generating URLs To Named Routes

// Generating URLs...
$url = route( $routeName );

// Generating Redirects...
return redirect()->route( $routeName );

Route Parameter

Route::get('user/{id}', function ($id) {
    return 'User '.$id;
});

Route::get('posts/{post}/comments/{comment}', function ($postId, $commentId) {
    //
});

Optional parameters

Route::get('user/{name?}', function ($name = null) { // default null to $name
    return $name;
});

Route::get('user/{name?}', function ($name = 'Rayhan') { // default 'Rayhan' to $name
    return $name;
});

For using optionsal parameter, you need to specify a default value of your parameters

Parameter naming Constraints

Route::get('foo/{bar}', function($bar){})
    ->where('bar', '[0-9]+');
Route::get('foo/{bar}/{baz}', function($bar, $baz){})
    ->where(array('bar' => '[0-9]+', 'baz' => '[A-Za-z]'))

Route Prefixing

Route::group( ['prefix' => $prefixUri ] , $subRoutes);

OR

Route::prefix( $prefixUri )->group( $subRoutes);

Example

// ** Route Links **
//->   admin/posts
//->   admin/pages
//->   admin/categories

Route::group(['prefix' => 'admin'] , function(){
    Route::get('/posts' , function(){
        //
    });
    Route::get('/pages' , function(){
        //
    });
    Route::get('/categories' , function(){
        //
    });
});

Controller Route

Call a specific method of a controller

Route::<Route_METHOD>( $uri , 'ControllerName@method');

RESTful resource route

Route::resource( $uri , $controllerName );

Make only work some specific method of a controller

Route::resource('photo', 'PhotoController', ['only' => [
    'index', 'show'
]]);

Exclue some methods from of a controller

Route::resource('photo', 'PhotoController', ['except' => [
    'create', 'store', 'update', 'destroy'
]]);

Filters

// Declare an auth filter
Route::filter('auth', function(){});
// Register a class as a filter
Route::filter('foo', 'FooFilter');
Route::get('foo', array('before' => 'auth', function(){}));
// Routes in this group are guarded by the 'auth' filter
Route::get('foo', array('before' => 'auth', function(){}));
Route::group(array('before' => 'auth'), function(){});
// Pattern filter
Route::when('foo/*', 'foo');
// HTTP verb pattern
Route::when('foo/*', 'foo', array('post'));

view Route

If your route only needs to return a view, you may use the Route::view method.

Route::view($uri , $viewName);

Example:

// route for contact.blade.php
Route::view('/contact' , 'contact');
                ^^^         ^^^
                $uri      $viewName

Accessing The Current Route

$route = Route::current();
$name = Route::currentRouteName();
$action = Route::currentRouteAction();