Class Route

A single Route used by the Router to connect requests to parameter maps.

Not normally created as a standalone. Use Router::connect() to create Routes for your application.

Direct Subclasses

Indirect Subclasses

Namespace: Cake\Routing\Route
Location: Routing/Route/Route.php

Constants summary

  • array

    VALID_METHODS
    ['GET','PUT','POST','PATCH','DELETE','OPTIONS','HEAD']

Properties summary

  • $_compiledRoute protected
    string|null
    The compiled route regular expression
  • $_extensions protected
    array
    List of connected extensions for this route.
  • $_greedy protected
    boolean

    Is this route a greedy route? Greedy routes have a /* in their template

  • $_name protected
    string|null
    The name for a route. Fetch with Route::getName();
  • $braceKeys protected
    boolean
    Track whether or not brace keys {var} were used.
  • $defaults public
    array
    Default parameters for a Route
  • $keys public
    array

    An array of named segments in a Route. /:controller/:action/:id has 3 key elements

  • $middleware protected
    array
    List of middleware that should be applied.
  • $options public
    array
    An array of additional parameters for the Route.
  • $template public
    string|null
    The routes template string.

Method Summary

  • __construct() public
    Constructor for a Route
  • __set_state() public static
    Set state magic method to support var_export
  • _matchMethod() protected
    Check whether or not the URL's HTTP method matches.
  • _parseArgs() protected
    Parse passed parameters into a list of passed args.
  • _parseExtension() protected

    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.

  • _persistParams() protected

    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.

  • _writeRoute() protected
    Builds a route regular expression.
  • _writeUrl() protected
    Converts a matching route array into a URL string.
  • compile() public
    Compiles the route's regular expression.
  • compiled() public
    Check if a Route has been compiled into a regular expression.
  • extensions() public deprecated
    Get/Set the supported extensions for this route.
  • Get the supported extensions for this route.
  • Get the names of the middleware that should be applied to this route.
  • getName() public
    Get the standardized plugin.controller:action name for a route.
  • hostMatches() public
    Check to see if the host matches the route requirements
  • match() public
    Check if a URL array matches this route instance.
  • parse() public deprecated
    Checks to see if the given URL can be parsed by this route.
  • Checks to see if the given URL can be parsed by this route.
  • Set the supported extensions for this route.
  • setHost() public
    Set host requirement
  • setMethods() public
    Set the accepted HTTP methods for this route.
  • Set the names of the middleware that should be applied to this route.
  • setPass() public
    Set the names of parameters that will be converted into passed parameters
  • setPatterns() public
    Set regexp patterns for routing parameters
  • setPersist() public
    Set the names of parameters that will persisted automatically
  • staticPath() public
    Get the static path portion for this route.

Method Detail

__construct()source public 

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

Constructor for a Route

Options

  • _ext - Defines the extensions used for this route.
  • _middleware - Define the middleware names for this route.
  • pass - Copies the listed parameters into params['pass'].
  • _host - Define the host name pattern if you want this route to only match specific host names. You can use .* and to create wildcard subdomains/hosts e.g. *.example.com matches all subdomains on example.com.

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

string
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 deprecated 

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

getMiddleware()source public 

getMiddleware( )

Get the names of the middleware that should be applied to this route.

Returns

array

getName()source public 

getName( )

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

Returns

string

hostMatches()source public 

hostMatches( string $host )

Check to see if the host matches the route requirements

Parameters

string $host
The request's host name

Returns

boolean
Whether or not the host matches any conditions set in for this route.

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 deprecated 

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.

Deprecated

3.4.0 Use/implement parseRequest() instead as it provides more flexibility/control.

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.

parseRequest()source public 

parseRequest( Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request )

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.

Parameters

Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request
The URL to attempt to parse.

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

setHost()source public 

setHost( string $host )

Set host requirement

Parameters

string $host
The host name this route is bound to

Returns


$this

setMethods()source public 

setMethods( array $methods )

Set the accepted HTTP methods for this route.

Parameters

array $methods
The HTTP methods to accept.

Returns


$this

Throws

InvalidArgumentException

setMiddleware()source public 

setMiddleware( array $middleware )

Set the names of the middleware that should be applied to this route.

Parameters

array $middleware

The list of middleware names to apply to this route. Middleware names will not be checked until the route is matched.

Returns


$this

setPass()source public 

setPass( array $names )

Set the names of parameters that will be converted into passed parameters

Parameters

array $names
The names of the parameters that should be passed.

Returns


$this

setPatterns()source public 

setPatterns( array $patterns )

Set regexp patterns for routing parameters

If any of your patterns contain multibyte values, the multibytePattern mode will be enabled.

Parameters

array $patterns
The patterns to apply to routing elements

Returns


$this

setPersist()source public 

setPersist( array $names )

Set the names of parameters that will persisted automatically

Persistent parameters allow you to define which route parameters should be automatically included when generating new URLs. You can override persistent parameters by redefining them in a URL or remove them by setting the persistent parameter to false.

// remove a persistent 'date' parameter
Router::url(['date' => false', ...]);

Parameters

array $names
The names of the parameters that should be passed.

Returns


$this

staticPath()source public 

staticPath( )

Get the static path portion for this route.

Returns

string

Properties detail

$_compiledRoutesource

protected string|null

The compiled route regular expression

$_extensionssource

protected array

List of connected extensions for this route.

[]

$_greedysource

protected boolean

Is this route a greedy route? Greedy routes have a /* in their template

false

$_namesource

protected string|null

The name for a route. Fetch with Route::getName();

$braceKeyssource

protected boolean

Track whether or not brace keys {var} were used.

false

$defaultssource

public array

Default parameters for a Route

[]

$keyssource

public array

An array of named segments in a Route. /:controller/:action/:id has 3 key elements

[]

$middlewaresource

protected array

List of middleware that should be applied.

[]

$optionssource

public array

An array of additional parameters for the Route.

[]

$templatesource

public string|null

The routes template string.

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