Laravel Route Cheat Sheet and Usage Guide

This guide presents a quick reference for Laravel's routing system, covering essential concepts and providing ready-to-use code snippets.

Basic Route Definitions

Route::get('foo', function() {});

Route::get('foo', 'ControllerName@function');

Route::controller('foo', 'FooController');

Resource Routes

Route::resource('posts','PostsController');

// Only specific actions

Route::resource('photo','PhotoController',['only'=>['index','show']]);

// Exclude specific actions

Route::resource('photo','PhotoController',['except'=>['update','destroy']]);

// Batch registration of resource routes

Route::resources(['foo'=>'FooController','bar'=>'BarController']);

Route::resources(['foo'=>'FooController','bar'=>'BarController'], ['only'=>['index','show']]);

Route::resources(['foo'=>'FooController','bar'=>'BarController'], ['except'=>['update','destroy']]);

Triggering Errors

App::abort(404);

$handler->missing(...) in ErrorServiceProvider::boot();

throw new NotFoundHttpException;

Route Parameters

Route::get('foo/{bar}', function($bar) {});

Route::get('foo/{bar?}', function($bar = 'bar') {});

HTTP Request Methods

Route::any('foo', function() {});

Route::post('foo', function() {});

Route::put('foo', function() {});

Route::patch('foo', function() {});

Route::delete('foo', function() {});

// RESTful resource controller

Route::resource('foo','FooController');

// Register multiple request methods for a route

Route::match(['get','post'], '/', function() {});

Secure Route (TBD)

Route::get('foo', array('https', function() {}));

Route Constraints

Route::get('foo/{bar}', function($bar) {})->where('bar','[0-9]+');

Route::get('foo/{bar}/{baz}', function($bar,$baz) {})->where(['bar'=>'[0-9]+','baz'=>'[A-Za-z]']);

// Global pattern

Route::pattern('bar','[0-9]+');

HTTP Middleware

// Assign middleware to a route

Route::get('admin/profile', ['middleware'=>'auth', function() {}]);

Route::get('admin/profile', function() {})->middleware('auth');

Named Routes

Route::currentRouteName();

Route::get('foo/bar', ['as'=>'foobar', function() {}]);

Route::get('user/profile', ['as'=>'profile','uses'=>'UserController@showProfile']);

Route::get('user/profile','UserController@showProfile')->name('profile');

$url = route('profile');

$redirect = redirect()->route('profile');

Route Prefix

Route::group(['prefix'=>'admin'], function(){
    Route::get('users', function(){
        return 'Matches The "/admin/users" URL';
    });
});

Route Namespace

// This route group will use the Foo\Bar namespace

Route::group(['namespace'=>'Foo\Bar'], function(){});

Subdomain Routing

// {sub} will be ignored in the closure

Route::group(['domain'=>'{sub}.example.com'], function(){});