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Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 451

Laravel 5 Nice URL

I'd like to set up some nice URL for my website but my issue is that my GET parameters are not all always filled.

For instance I can have all these different parameters:

?brand=BMW&model=i8+m4&location=USA
?brand=BMW&location=USA
?brand=BMW+Audi

However I'm not too sure if I should create a route for all the different scenarios I could have or if there is any other way to have some nice URL?

I'm thinking of what it could look like: /brand/BMW+Audi/location/USA/model/i8 ?

But if I have to create a route for every scenarios it could become very long!

Route::get(/brand/{brand})
Route::get(/brand/{brand}/location/{location})
Route::get(/brand/{brand}/model/{model}/location/{location})
Route::GET(/location/{location})...

Otherwise I can also create some dynamic parameters such as:

Route::get(/{param_1}/{value_1})
Route::get(/{param_1}/{value_1}/{param_2}/{value_2})
Route::get(/{param_1}/{value_1}/{param_2}/{value_2}/{param_3}/{value3})

Any thoughts?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 56

Answers (1)

Dees Oomens
Dees Oomens

Reputation: 5082

I think get parameters are a perfect solution. But if you do want 'pretty URL's' you could do something like:

Route::get('/brands/{brand}', 'BrandController@search');
Route::get('/brands/{brand}/{model}', 'BrandController@search');
Route::get('/brands/{brand}/{model}/{location}', 'BrandController@search');

And then in your BrandController:

public function search($brand, $model = null, $location = null)
{
    //
}

This way the $model and $location or optional. You can also make $brand optional: $brand = null. But the routes now require at least one parameter.

Upvotes: 1

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