Route

Bonfire includes a Route library to supplement the functionality provided by CodeIgniter's (and the Wiredesignz HMVC) router(s).
Additional information may be available in the section on Improved Routes.

Methods

map([$routes])

Combines the routes which have been defined in the Route class with the passed $routes.
This is intended to be used after all routes have been defined to merge CI's default $route array with routes defined with this Route library.

Note that in CI3 the 'translate_uri_dashes' setting should be set after calling this method.

Example:

$route['default_controller'] = 'home';
Route::resource('posts');
$route = Route::map($route);

$routes is an array of routes to merge with the routes defined by the Route library.
Usually, the variable passed into this method will be the CI $route array.

If a 'default_controller' route is not set in the passed $routes, it will be set to 'home' (or whatever value is defined in the Route library's protected $default_home property).

Returns the merged array, which should be assigned to the CI $route array.

any($from, $to[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Create a basic route.
In its most basic form, this method will create a route similar to defining a CI route in the form $route[$from] = $to;.

• If the $options array contains a value in the 'as' key, the value will be used to configure a named route, allowing you to easily map names to pre-existing routes.
• $nested may be set to a callable function to define your own handler for this route.

HTTP Verb-based routing

get($from, $to[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Creates a route which will only be accessible when the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] indicates that the current request is a GET request.
The arguments match those in the any() method.

post($from, $to[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Creates a route which will only be accessible when the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] indicates that the current request is a POST request.
The arguments match those in the any() method.

put($from, $to[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Creates a route which will only be accessible when the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] indicates that the current request is a PUT request.
The arguments match those in the any() method.

delete($from, $to[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Creates a route which will only be accessible when the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] indicates that the current request is a DELETE request.
The arguments match those in the any() method.

head($from, $to[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Creates a route which will only be accessible when the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] indicates that the current request is a HEAD request.
The arguments match those in the any() method.

patch($from, $to[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Creates a route which will only be accessible when the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] indicates that the current request is a PATCH request.
The arguments match those in the any() method.

options($from, $to[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Creates a route which will only be accessible when the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] indicates that the current request is an OPTIONS request.
The arguments match those in the any() method.

block($paths)

Prevents access to an array of routes by setting each of the supplied values in the $paths array to an empty path.

If $paths is not an array, this method will do nothing.

context($name[, $controller[, $options]])

Provides a method for assigning controllers in modules to an area of the site based on the name of the controller.

Note that $options can be passed as the second argument if the $controller argument is not needed.

• $name is the name of the URL segment for the context.
• $controller is the controller name which will be mapped into this context. If not supplied, $name will be used for $controller.
• $options is an array of options with the following (optional) keys:
  
  
  • 'offset' allows the numeric arguments in the $to portion of the route to be increased by the offset value (so, if 'offset' is 1, $1 becomes $2, $2 becomes $3, etc.).
  • 'home' allows the definition of a default route for the context.

named($name)

Returns the $from portion of a route which was previously saved as $name.
Returns null if a route was not found with the given $name.

prefix($name, Closure $callback)

Prefix a set of routes (defined in the $callback closure) with the $name prefix.
All routes defined in the closure will be defined with the $from portion of the route prefixed with $name (e.g. 'users' becomes 'api/users' if $name is 'api').

reset()

Resets the internal state of the Route library, eliminating any routes which have not already been output.

resources($name[, $options[, $nested = false]])

Creates a pre-defined set of HTTP-verb based routes for the $name controller.

• $name specifies the name used in the $from portion of the routes.
• $options may include the following keys:
  
  
  • 'controller' specifies a name to be used for the controller in the $to portion of the created routes (if not included, $name will be used).
  • 'module' specifies a module name to be included in the $to portion of the created routes.
  • 'constraint' specifies permitted values for ID arguments in get/put/delete routes, defaults to '([a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+)'.
  • 'offset' specifies an offset for numbered parameters in the route. Usually numbered parameters start at $1, but supplying an 'offset' allows starting the numbers at a higher value. For instance, setting 'offset' to 1 would cause the numbered parameters to start at $2.
• $nested may be set to a callable function to define your own handler for these routes (note that the same handler will be used for all of the routes generated by this method).

Example:

Route::resources('photos');

Generates the following routes:

Verb	Path	Action	used for
GET	/photos	index	displaying a list of photos
GET	/photos/new	create_new	return an HTML form for creating a photo
GET	/photos/{id}/edit	edit	return the HTML form for editing a single photo
GET	/photos/{id}	show	display a specific photo
POST	/photos	create	create a new photo
PUT	/photos/{id}	update	update a specific photo
DELETE	/photos/{id}	delete	delete a specific photo