Class RouteCollection

Contains a collection of routes.

Provides an interface for adding/removing routes and parsing/generating URLs with the routes it contains.

Namespace: Cake\Routing

Properties summary

  • $_extensions protected
    string[]

    Route extensions

  • $_middleware protected
    array

    A map of middleware names and the related objects.

  • $_middlewareGroups protected
    array

    A map of middleware group names and the related middleware names.

  • $_named protected
    \Cake\Routing\Route\Route[]

    The hash map of named routes that are in this collection.

  • $_paths protected
    array

    Routes indexed by path prefix.

  • $_routeTable protected
    array

    The routes connected to this collection.

  • $_routes protected
    \Cake\Routing\Route\Route[]

    The routes connected to this collection.

Method Summary

  • _getNames() protected

    Get the set of names from the $url. Accepts both older style array urls, and newer style urls containing '_name'

  • add() public

    Add a route to the collection.

  • getExtensions() public

    Get the extensions that can be handled.

  • getMiddleware() public

    Get an array of middleware given a list of names

  • hasMiddleware() public

    Check if the named middleware has been registered.

  • hasMiddlewareGroup() public

    Check if the named middleware group has been created.

  • match() public

    Reverse route or match a $url array with the connected routes.

  • middlewareExists() public

    Check if the named middleware or middleware group has been registered.

  • middlewareGroup() public

    Add middleware to a middleware group

  • named() public

    Get the connected named routes.

  • parse() public

    Takes the URL string and iterates the routes until one is able to parse the route.

  • parseRequest() public

    Takes the ServerRequestInterface, iterates the routes until one is able to parse the route.

  • registerMiddleware() public

    Register a middleware with the RouteCollection.

  • routes() public

    Get all the connected routes as a flat list.

  • setExtensions() public

    Set the extensions that the route collection can handle.

Method Detail

_getNames() protected 

_getNames(array $url)

Get the set of names from the $url. Accepts both older style array urls, and newer style urls containing '_name'

Parameters

array $url

The url to match.

Returns

string[]

The set of names of the url

add() public 

add(\Cake\Routing\Route\Route $route, array $options)

Add a route to the collection.

Parameters

\Cake\Routing\Route\Route $route

The route object to add.

array $options optional

Additional options for the route. Primarily for the _name option, which enables named routes.

getExtensions() public 

getExtensions()

Get the extensions that can be handled.

Returns

string[]

The valid extensions.

getMiddleware() public 

getMiddleware(array $names)

Get an array of middleware given a list of names

Parameters

string[] $names

The names of the middleware or groups to fetch

Returns

array

An array of middleware. If any of the passed names are groups, the groups middleware will be flattened into the returned list.

Throws

RuntimeException
when a requested middleware does not exist.

hasMiddleware() public 

hasMiddleware(string $name)

Check if the named middleware has been registered.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the middleware to check.

Returns

bool

hasMiddlewareGroup() public 

hasMiddlewareGroup(string $name)

Check if the named middleware group has been created.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the middleware group to check.

Returns

bool

match() public 

match(array $url, array $context)

Reverse route or match a $url array with the connected routes.

Returns either the URL string generated by the route, or throws an exception on failure.

Parameters

array $url

The URL to match.

array $context

The request context to use. Contains _base, _port, _host, _scheme and params keys.

Returns

string

The URL string on match.

Throws

Cake\Routing\Exception\MissingRouteException
When no route could be matched.

middlewareExists() public 

middlewareExists(string $name)

Check if the named middleware or middleware group has been registered.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the middleware to check.

Returns

bool

middlewareGroup() public 

middlewareGroup(string $name, array $middlewareNames)

Add middleware to a middleware group

Parameters

string $name

Name of the middleware group

string[] $middlewareNames

Names of the middleware

Returns

$this

Throws

RuntimeException

named() public 

named()

Get the connected named routes.

Returns

\Cake\Routing\Route\Route[]

parse() public 

parse(string $url, string $method)

Takes the URL string and iterates the routes until one is able to parse the route.

Parameters

string $url

URL to parse.

string $method optional

The HTTP method to use.

Returns

array

An array of request parameters parsed from the URL.

Throws

Cake\Routing\Exception\MissingRouteException
When a URL has no matching route.

parseRequest() public 

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

Takes the ServerRequestInterface, iterates the routes until one is able to parse the route.

Parameters

\Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface $request

The request to parse route data from.

Returns

array

An array of request parameters parsed from the URL.

Throws

Cake\Routing\Exception\MissingRouteException
When a URL has no matching route.

registerMiddleware() public 

registerMiddleware(string $name, mixed $middleware)

Register a middleware with the RouteCollection.

Once middleware has been registered, it can be applied to the current routing scope or any child scopes that share the same RouteCollection.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the middleware. Used when applying middleware to a scope.

string|\Closure|\Psr\Http\Server\MiddlewareInterface $middleware

The middleware to register.

Returns

$this

Throws

RuntimeException

routes() public 

routes()

Get all the connected routes as a flat list.

Returns

\Cake\Routing\Route\Route[]

setExtensions() public 

setExtensions(array $extensions, bool $merge)

Set the extensions that the route collection can handle.

Parameters

string[] $extensions

The list of extensions to set.

bool $merge optional

Whether to merge with or override existing extensions. Defaults to true.

Returns

$this

Property Detail

$_extensions protected

Route extensions

Type

string[]

$_middleware protected

A map of middleware names and the related objects.

Type

array

$_middlewareGroups protected

A map of middleware group names and the related middleware names.

Type

array

$_named protected

The hash map of named routes that are in this collection.

Type

\Cake\Routing\Route\Route[]

$_paths protected

Routes indexed by path prefix.

Type

array

$_routeTable protected

The routes connected to this collection.

Type

array

$_routes protected

The routes connected to this collection.

Type

\Cake\Routing\Route\Route[]

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