SlimMVC

Basics

Route

Slim Framework and SlimMVC uses nikic/fastroute package for the routing process.

We did gather all of the routes into a single file named app/core/routes.php. In addition, we prepared a core file for automatically loading controller files.

When you want to create a route, you should open the app/core/routes.php file and you should add a route like the following.

Route::get('/', '\homeController:index')->setName('indexPage');

The first parameter contains URL, secondary parameter contains the controller name and function name. The controller name and function name must be separated with “:” character.

The important note: There is case-sensitivity. You should write the controller name and function name as correctly.

The GET route

You can create a GET route like the following.

Route::get('/books', '\booksController:getBooks');

The POST route

You can create a POST route like the following.

Route::post('/books/set/{id}', '\booksController:setBook');

The PUT route

You can create a PUT route like the following.

Route::put('/books/put', '\booksController:addBook');

The DELETE route

You can create a DELETE route like the following.

Route::delete('/book/{id}', '\booksController:delBook');

The OPTIONS route

You can create a OPTIONS route like the following.

Route::options('/book/{id}', '\booksController:sampleAction');

The PATCH route

You can create a PATCH route like the following.

Route::patch('/book/{id}', '\booksController:sampleAction');

The ANY route

You can create an ANY route for any type of request like the following.

Route::any('/book/{id}', '\booksController:sampleAction');

The MAP

You can create a MAP route for defined types of the request like the following.

Route::map(['GET', 'POST'], '/book/{id}', '\booksController:sampleAction');

Redirecting with route

You can create a route for 301 and 302 redirecting.

Route::redirect('/old-url', '/newUrl', 301);

Giving a name to route

You can give names to routes. Also, you can use these names for dynamic linking on the templates.

Route::get('/books', '\booksController:getBooks')->setName('getBooksPage');

Adding middleware to routes

You can add middleware to the route. If you want to get more information about the middlewares, you can inspect the Middlewares page.

Route::get('/books', '\booksController:getBooks')
  ->setName('getBooksPage')
  ->add( new sampleMiddleware() );

Using regex

You can use Regex on the routes like the following.

Route::get('/users/{id:[0-9]+}', '\userController:getUser');

You can visit the Slim Framework original document to get more information.