Routes

Routing URL's

Routing is an extremely important feature to have in a website. It allows you to render pages without having them physically on the server

// application/Routes.php

Route::get("path/to/url", function(){
     Render::view("appname.template");
});

You can also send any variables to the template

// application/Routes.php

Route::get("path/to/url", function(){
     Render::view("appname.template", 
     [
          "variable" => "value",
          "another_variable" => "value"
     ]
     );
});

You can also get certain values from the URL and pass them to your view or use them in your Closure

// application/Routes.php

// URL: website.com/baseball/player/123/
Route::get("baseball/player/{id}/", function($id){
     // $id is now accessible : $id = 123
     $model = new model("database");
     $player = $model->filter(" id = '$id' ");

     Render::view("appname.template", 
     [
          "player" => $player
     ]
     );
});

You can also use the $ sign at the end of the url

// matches: website.com/baseball/player/
// does not match: website.com/baseball/player/123
Route::get("baseball/player/$" ...);

// matches: website.com/baseball/player/123
// does not match: website.com/baseball/player/
Route::get("baseball/player/{id}" ...);