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Mhluzi Bhaka
Mhluzi Bhaka

Reputation: 1392

Laravel using action in href vs routes.php

I am having to work with code someone else wrote. I see they use the following syntax:

<a href="{{ action('MessagesController@index') }}">Messages</a>

Whereas I would have used :

<a href="messages">Messages</a>

and catered for that in routes.php

I am not sure why the "action" syntax is used - is it from an older version of Laravel perhaps?

I am using Laravel 5.3 currently

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4378

Answers (1)

Aaron Fahey
Aaron Fahey

Reputation: 699

The action helper function is a function that generates a URL to the given action. See https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/helpers#method-action

It has been available since Laravel 5.1 (or roundabouts)

Upvotes: 2

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