CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user3176137
user3176137

Reputation:

Laravel 4 routing parameters

I am a newbie when it comes to Laravel and so far really enjoying it. I'm using L4 and would like some help with the routing which I'm still trying to get my head around.

I would like the uri domain.com/{username} I can get domain.com/{user_id} and Laravel looks up the user but I cannot seem to use the username as a parameter.

EDIT:

I am using a model for user routing

Route::model('user', 'User');

And then trying to route

Route::get('/{user}', 'sampleController@viewUser');

Also note that it's after all other routes

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1089

Answers (3)

Mike Rockétt
Mike Rockétt

Reputation: 9007

Even better, you can use Route::bind():

Route::bind('user', function($value, $route)
{
    return User::whereUsername($value)->first();
});

Now, you can access that user without manually calling it in the route definition:

Route::get('{user}', function(User $user){
    if (!is_null($user)) {
        return View::make('profile', compact('user'));
    }
});

This will be available to all routes you define that use the {user} parameter.

Upvotes: 0

Andreyco
Andreyco

Reputation: 22862

Hi there and welcome to Laravel!

You can use this route registration.

Route::get('{username}', function($username){
    $user = User::whereUsername($username)->fist();
    if (! is_null($user)) {
        return View::make('profile', compact('user'));
    }
});

... but if you go to mysite.com/blog or mysite.com/contact or whatever, this URL would be captured by previous pattern.
Actually no problem, just register blog/contact/whatever route before, like this!

Route::get('blog', function(){
    return 'blog page';
});

Route::get('contact', function(){
    return 'contact page';
});

// To have username in URL discard Route::model call and add this
Route::get('{username}', function($username){
    $user = User::whereUsername($username)->fist();
    if (! is_null($user)) {
        return View::make('profile', compact('user'));
    }
});

Upvotes: 3

Ayobami Opeyemi
Ayobami Opeyemi

Reputation: 752

You could try this without the Route::model thingy

Route::get('user/{username}', function($username)
{

    $user = User::where('username',$username)->first();
})
->where('name', '[A-Za-z]+');

Upvotes: 0

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