Class Route

__construct()source public

__construct( string $template , array|string $defaults [] , array $options [] )

Constructor for a Route

Options

• _ext - Defines the extensions used for this route.
• pass - Copies the listed parameters into params['pass'].

Parameters

string $template

Template string with parameter placeholders

array|string $defaults optional []

Defaults for the route.

array $options optional []

Array of additional options for the Route

__set_state()source public static

__set_state( array $fields )

Set state magic method to support var_export

This method helps for applications that want to implement router caching.

Parameters

array $fields

Key/Value of object attributes

Returns

Cake\Routing\Route\Route
A new instance of the route

_matchMethod()source protected

_matchMethod( array $url )

Check whether or not the URL's HTTP method matches.

Parameters

array $url

The array for the URL being generated.

Returns

boolean

_parseArgs()source protected

_parseArgs( string $args , string $context )

Parse passed parameters into a list of passed args.

Return true if a given named $param's $val matches a given $rule depending on $context. Currently implemented rule types are controller, action and match that can be combined with each other.

Parameters

string $args

A string with the passed params. eg. /1/foo

string $context

The current route context, which should contain controller/action keys.

Returns

array
Array of passed args.

_parseExtension()source protected

_parseExtension( string $url )

Removes the extension from $url if it contains a registered extension. If no registered extension is found, no extension is returned and the URL is returned unmodified.

Parameters

string $url

The url to parse.

Returns

array
containing url, extension

_persistParams()source protected

_persistParams( array $url , array $params )

Apply persistent parameters to a URL array. Persistent parameters are a special key used during route creation to force route parameters to persist when omitted from a URL array.

Parameters

array $url

The array to apply persistent parameters to.

array $params

An array of persistent values to replace persistent ones.

Returns

array
An array with persistent parameters applied.

_writeRoute()source protected

_writeRoute( )

Builds a route regular expression.

Uses the template, defaults and options properties to compile a regular expression that can be used to parse request strings.

_writeUrl()source protected

_writeUrl( array $params , array $pass [] , array $query [] )

Converts a matching route array into a URL string.

Composes the string URL using the template used to create the route.

Parameters

array $params

The params to convert to a string url

array $pass optional []

The additional passed arguments

array $query optional []

An array of parameters

Returns

string
Composed route string.

compile()source public

compile( )

Compiles the route's regular expression.

Modifies defaults property so all necessary keys are set and populates $this->names with the named routing elements.

Returns

array
Returns a string regular expression of the compiled route.

compiled()source public

compiled( )

Check if a Route has been compiled into a regular expression.

Returns

boolean

extensions()source public

extensions( null|string|array $extensions null )

Get/Set the supported extensions for this route.

Deprecated

3.3.9 Use getExtensions/setExtensions instead.

Parameters

null|string|array $extensions optional null

The extensions to set. Use null to get.

Returns

array|null
The extensions or null.

getExtensions()source public

getExtensions( )

Get the supported extensions for this route.

Returns

array

getName()source public

getName( )

Get the standardized plugin.controller:action name for a route.

Returns

string

match()source public

match( array $url , array $context [] )

Check if a URL array matches this route instance.

If the URL matches the route parameters and settings, then return a generated string URL. If the URL doesn't match the route parameters, false will be returned. This method handles the reverse routing or conversion of URL arrays into string URLs.

Parameters

array $url

An array of parameters to check matching with.

array $context optional []

An array of the current request context. Contains information such as the current host, scheme, port, base directory and other url params.

Returns

string|false
Either a string URL for the parameters if they match or false.

parse()source public

parse( string $url , string $method '' )

Checks to see if the given URL can be parsed by this route.

If the route can be parsed an array of parameters will be returned; if not false will be returned. String URLs are parsed if they match a routes regular expression.

Parameters

string $url

The URL to attempt to parse.

string $method optional ''

The HTTP method of the request being parsed.

Returns

array|false
An array of request parameters, or false on failure.

setExtensions()source public

setExtensions( array $extensions )

Set the supported extensions for this route.

Parameters

array $extensions

The extensions to set.

Returns

$this

staticPath()source public

staticPath( )

Get the static path portion for this route.

Returns

string

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