Alias for a route with a fixed parameter value

Question

I have this route:

Route::get('/MyModel/{id}', 'MyController@show');

The method show() accepts a parameter called id and I want to setup an alias for /MyModel/1 so it's accesible from /MyCustomURL.

I already tried a few combinations, like:

Route::get('/MyCustomURL', ['uses' => 'MyController@show', 'id' => 1]);

But I keep getting missing required argument error for method show().

Is there a clean way to achieve this in Laravel?

I recently discovered another way of setting up the routes, without annoying "@". `Route::get('my-model/{id}', [MyController::class, 'show'])->name('show');` it gives an option to my IDE to click-open MyController class from the router file. — Yevgeniy Afanasyev, Jan 20 '20 at 02:57

Scofield · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-01T23:08:12.123

8

In Laravel 5.4 (or maybe earlier) you can use defaults function in your routes file.

Here is example:

Route::get('/alias', 'MyController@show')->defaults('id', 1);

In this case you don't need to add additional method in your controller.

edited Dec 01 '20 at 23:08

answered Oct 02 '17 at 09:46

Scofield

It seems like this has been in Laravel since version 4.1. I'll try it out and if it works, I'll switch to this answer! Thanks. – Camilo Oct 02 '17 at 14:26

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 13 '19 at 15:17

1

In same controller (in your case MyController ?) you should create one new method:

public function showAliased()
{
   return $this->show(1);
}

and now you can define your aliased route like so:

Route::get('/MyCustomURL', 'MyController@showAliased');

edited Mar 13 '19 at 15:17

Camilo

answered Jun 15 '16 at 04:49

Marcin Nabiałek

The only thing I don't like about this approach it's that I must setup a method for each alias. But it actually answers the question. Thanks. – Camilo Jun 15 '16 at 19:22

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 13 '19 at 15:18

1

define your route like this: you can use "as" to give your route any name that you need.

Route::get('/MyModel/{id}' , [
        'as'=>'Camilo.model.show',
        'uses' => 'MyController@show' ,
    ]) ;

now if you want to access this route, you can generate url for it, based on its name like this:

route('Camilo.model.show', ['id' =>1]) ;

edited Mar 13 '19 at 15:18

Camilo

answered Jun 15 '16 at 05:20

Salar

1

I don't think this is what I'm looking for. This is simple redirecting to `/MyModel/1` and not an alias. – Camilo Jun 15 '16 at 19:19

score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 13 '19 at 15:18

-1

Route::get('MyModel/{id}', 'MyController@show');

not

Route::get('/MyModel/{id}', 'MyController@show');

Good Luck!

edited Mar 13 '19 at 15:18

Camilo

answered Jun 15 '16 at 05:25

hfekher

Thanks for the tip but what's the difference between having the backslash or not at the beginning of the route? – Camilo Jun 15 '16 at 19:20
if that helped you , please accept the answer , for your question ; the diffirent is that thr first route is : localhost/yourproject/public/MyModel/5 for the second the route is : localhost/yourproject/public//MyModel/5 that's why your controller can't reat your id variable. – hfekher Jun 15 '16 at 19:34

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