Manually calling controller method with parameter and still have method injection

Question

How can I call a controller method manually specifying some input parameters yet still have method injection work for the parameters not specified (example below).

routes.php

$myController->index($id);

controllers/MyControllerOne.php

class MyControllerOne
{

    public function index($id, MyRequest $request)
    {

    }

}

extra information The reason I need this is because I have special information in my routes that determines which controller should be executed such as /myroute/{data}/{id}. It's a bit unorthodox but it's a necessary evil given the scope of our system. Once I resolve within my routes which controller needs to be called I then want to call the method on that controller. $controllerInstance->index($id).

Answer 1

If it's only for Request, I think you could manually pass this $this->app->make('Request'), like so

$controllerIntance->index($id, $this->app->make('Request'))

Note that you actually don't have to inject Request, since you might as well use App::make inside of your controller. But I'm not sure how good this decision is in case of testability and coupling.

For more info:

This function resolves 'Request' out of the container, that is instantiates or returns an existing instance (depending of the type of service provider).

Using make is described here http://laravel.com/docs/5.0/container (see "Resolving"). I also found this answer helpful, to understanding how the container works https://stackoverflow.com/a/25798288/1627227