How do I make a Catch-All Route in Laravel

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I need a Laravel routes.php entry that will catch all traffic to a specific example.com/premium-section of the site so that I can prompt people to become members before accessing the premium content.

score 53 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 02 '22 at 23:37

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You could also catch 'all' by using a regex on the parameter.

Route::group(['prefix' => 'premium-section'], function () {
    // other routes
    ...
    Route::get('{any}', function ($any) {
        ...
    })->where('any', '.*');
});

Also can catch the whole group if no routes are defined with an optional param.

Route::get('{any?}', function ($any = null) {
    ...
})->where('any', '.*');

This last one would catch example.com/premium-section as well.

edited Jul 02 '22 at 23:37

Stephen Ostermiller

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answered Jan 16 '16 at 19:59

lagbox

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Thanks for your answer. I wonder why Laravel is not coded to work with a simple `Route:any('*')`! – Handsome Nerd Oct 14 '17 at 00:05
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Thank you for the solution! Just a tip, It'd be better not to use Closures, because they can't be cached. ```Route::get('/{action}', 'SiteController@defaultPageHandler')->where('action', '.*');``` would be better ;) – Leonid Dashko Sep 13 '18 at 17:30
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@LeonidDashko `Route::fallback` would be better as it is just a shortcut for exactly that. – lagbox Sep 13 '18 at 18:59
@lagbox I guess they can't be cached as well :) But it's good to know about this alternative. – Leonid Dashko Sep 13 '18 at 19:42
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`Route::fallback` is not a closure, so it can be cached – lagbox Sep 13 '18 at 20:56

score 44 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 28 '17 at 17:11

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This does the trick:

Route::any('/{any}', 'MyController@myMethod')->where('any', '.*');

edited Nov 28 '17 at 17:11

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answered Nov 28 '17 at 16:59

user3260365

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i always get a "too few arguments" error EDIT: you'll also need a `/` route, otherwise hitting the actually root homepage will result in a 500 error – Sliq Oct 05 '20 at 20:23
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just add the `?` to the parameter and will catch even the root uri ie: `{any?}` – Dreanmer Jul 09 '21 at 00:09

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 07 '21 at 08:56

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Laravel now has a built-in method for this:

https://laravel.com/docs/master/routing#fallback-routes

answered Jun 07 '21 at 08:56

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Tarek Adam · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-16T20:12:00.153

In app/Http/routes.php I create a route that will catch all traffic within domain.com/premium-section/anywhere/they/try/to/go and attempt to find and execute a matching function within PremiumSectionController

But there aren't any matching methods, just a catch-all.

Route::group(['as' => 'premium-section::',
              'prefix' => 'premium-section',
              'middleware' => ['web']],
              function(){
                 Route::any('', 'PremiumSectionController@premiumContentIndex');
                 Route::controller('/', 'PremiumSectionController');

              });

.

    namespace App\Http\Controllers;

    use ...

    class PremiumSectionController extends Controller{

        public function premiumContentIndex(){
           return 'no extra parameters';
        }

        //magically gets called by laravel
        public function missingMethod($parameters = array()){
            return $parameters;
        }

    }

so that route will catch 'domain.com/premium-section/anywhere/they/try/to/go' ? — lagbox, Jan 16 '16 at 19:44
Having the parameters as an array is handy if you need to build a redirect()->route('somwhere-else', $withParams) — Tarek Adam, Jan 16 '16 at 20:23

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 28 '20 at 15:54

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This works for me

// The catch-all will match anything except the previous defined routes.
Route::any('{catchall}', 'CatchAllController@handle')->where('catchall', '.*');

answered Feb 28 '20 at 15:54

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