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Md. Abutaleb
Md. Abutaleb

Reputation: 1635

What is difference between two type of route on laravel?

What is/are the difference between the following route on laravel? 

Route::resource('posts', 'Admin\PostsController');
Route::resource('posts', Admin\PostsController::class);

when should i use and which one should i use?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 192

Answers (2)

lagbox
lagbox

Reputation: 50491

They are completely different things.

'PostsController' is the string 'PostsController'

Admin\PostsController::class is most likely the string 'App\Http\Controllers\Admin\PostsController'

If you use the second one it will end up looking for App\Http\Controllers\App\Http\Controllers\Admin\PostsController as Laravel is already assuming the namespace for the controllers to be App\Http\Controllers based on what is set in your RouteServiceProvider.

When you use just 'PostsController' Laravel ends up with App\Http\Controllers\PostsController.

This is how its setup by default. (assuming you have no groups that are adjusting the namespace used)

Upvotes: 1

Spholt
Spholt

Reputation: 4012

The difference between the two is that the first is going to look for a Controller within the same scope as the file in which you are specifying your routes. The second will look for a controller called PostsController iin the Admin namespace.

If these locations are one and the same, there will be no difference between the two routes.

In answer to the second part of the question, which one you choose to use is really up to you. I personally make use of route groups to handle my namespacing (among other things) like so:

Route::group([
    'namespace'  => 'Admin',
], function () {
    Route::resource('posts', 'PostsController');
}

Upvotes: 0

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