Laravel 5 - How do you handle missing routes?

Question

App::missing is not available and I can't find app/Exceptions/Handler.php It doesn't appear in my app directory:

Am I using an old version of laravel or a not-complete source? Because everything works fine, but I want unknown routes to be redirected to some other route, such as a 404 page or a redirect to a homepage.

@watcher Please read the question, I don't have app/Exceptions/Handler.php in there — Artemkller545, Apr 27 '15 at 16:53
Have you looked at the readme in your files to see what version it is and then gone to the website and compared your version to the downloadable version? — DrCord, Apr 27 '15 at 16:54
Looking at your directory structure, you have a Laravel 4 app there and not a Laravel 5 app. — Martin Bean, Apr 27 '15 at 17:28

Yasen Zhelev · Answer 1 · 2015-04-27T17:44:23.837

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You could define a 'general' or 'capture all' route at the end of your routes.php that handle any requests that did not match any of your routes. Then display a view with a 'missing page' message.

Route::any('/', function()
{
    // your redirect code goes here
});

edited Apr 27 '15 at 17:44

answered Apr 27 '15 at 17:01

Yasen Zhelev

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Down-voting. Not a good idea. A proper handler/view should be set up that’ll send the correct HTTP header (404). – Martin Bean Apr 27 '15 at 17:29
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Yes, I absolutely agree. And this is what any developer should do in the 'your code here' place. I am leaving that to developer to decide what they need there. This is only a solution to capture and then handle request to routes that do not exist. – Yasen Zhelev Apr 27 '15 at 17:39
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@MartinBean While I agree in principle, I would not downvote this because it is valid for some approaches, for example single page applications where you want to redirect to the home page without serving up a 404. – marked-down Jul 07 '16 at 11:37

Laravel 5 - How do you handle missing routes?

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