Views and Routes
Routes are defined in the routes/web.php file.
‘GET’ Routes
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::get('/', function() {
return view('welcome');
});
- Above code tells Laravel to run the code defined inside the
functionif the user visits the ’/’ page (listens for aGETrequest). - The
functionhere returns a view called ‘welcome’ defined inresources/viewsdirectory as a blade component (welcome.blade.php).
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::get('/', function() {
return view('welcome');
});
Route::get('/about', function() {
return view('about');
});
Route::get('/contact', function() {
return view('contact');
});
Passing Data
Data can be passed to a view by passing it as the second argument as an array to the ‘view’ function.
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::get('/jobs', function() {
return view('jobs', [
'jobs' => [
[
'title' => 'Director',
'salary' => '$50,000',
],
[
'title' => 'Programmer',
'salary' => '$10,000',
],
[
'title' => 'Teacher',
'salary' => '$40,000',
],
]
]);
});
...
- Data that are passed can be accessed in a blade file as a varible with the same name as the ‘key’ name.
...
@foreach ($jobs as $job)
<li>: Pays </li>
@endforeach
...
## Wildcard Routes
A Wildcard Route is a route that matches any URL pattern, often used to catch unknown pages or define dynamic routes that accept a variable.
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::get('/jobs/{id}', function($id) {
$jobs = [
[
'id' => 1,
'title' => 'Director',
'salary' => '$50,000',
],
[
'id' => 2,
'title' => 'Programmer',
'salary' => '$10,000',
],
[
'id' => 3,
'title' => 'Teacher',
'salary' => '$40,000',
],
];
Arr::first($jobs, fn($job) => $job['id'] == $job);
return view('job', ['job' => $job])
});
...
- A Wildcard Route can be defined with the ‘{}’ appended to the route name.
- A Route Varible is passed inside ‘{}’ that can be used to run conditional code (
{id}).- This code passes the corresponding ‘job’ to the view by iteratoring over every element in the array and checking if the route variable matches the id of the ‘job’
... Arr::first($jobs, fn($job) => $job['id'] == $job); return view('job', ['job' => $job]) ...