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littlethoughts
littlethoughts

Reputation: 70

Is it possible to construct a Symfony path using only parameters?

I would like to reduce the number of repetitive code and give a canonical URL in my Drupal 8 application. Since the routing system is built on Symfony, I included it in the title.

I am constructing paths under routes in my mymodule.routing.yml file. I want to match a specified number of different strings in the first argument, and a slug which can be any string in the second argument. It looks like this:

entity.my_entity.canonical:
  path: '/{type}/{slug}'
  defaults:
    _controller: '\namespace\PostController::show'
  requirements:
    _permission: 'perm'
    type: different|strings|that|can|match|

Now, when I try to access using for example /match/some-slug then it just says "Page not found". If I something static to the path, for example path: '/j/{type}/{slug}', then it works as expected when I open /j/match/some-slug in the browser.

My boss doesn't like any unnecessary characters in the URL though, so I would like to achieve this by using two parameters, like shown in the first example.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 195

Answers (2)

littlethoughts
littlethoughts

Reputation: 70

I have read the documentation again (RTM), and found out that it is not possible in Drupal 8, while it is possible in Symfony.

Note that the first item of the path must not be dynamic.

Source: Structure of routes in Drupal 8

Upvotes: 0

mickadoo
mickadoo

Reputation: 3483

As Yonel mentioned in the comments you can use debug:router to check all your routes. I don't see anything wrong with your code.

Try running bin/console router:match "/match/blaaa" and if you see some controller that isn't the one you want then you'll need to change the route. It shouldn't be the case though because you're getting a 404.

Here's my exact setup that works

routing.yml:

entity.my_entity.canonical:
  path: '/{type}/{slug}'
  defaults:
    _controller: 'MyBundle:Something:foo'
  requirements:
    type: different|strings|that|can|match|

Inside MyBundle\SomethingController:

public function fooAction($id)
{
  return new Response("bar");
}

Then going to http://localhost/match/fom shows the "bar" response.

Upvotes: 1

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