Laravel 8 and Multiple Optional Parameters

Question

I want to create a route using Laravel 8 that will allow for a number of multiple and optional parameters. For example, if this route was displaying a list of people, it could be something like any of the following:

/people
/people/age/24
/people/hair/brown/age/30
/people/status/4

Or if it's easier something like this:

/people
/people/age-24
/people/hair-brown/age-30
/people/status-4

The parameters are all optional. The order should not matter. If possible I would like to do this without the use of a controller.

Thanks!

W Kristianto · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-03 22:09:32Z

1

You can use Encoded Forward Slashes. Using a where condition regular expression (.*):

# http://myapp.test/people/hair/brown/age/30

Route::get('people/{search?}', function ($search = null) {

    // Your logic here..

    dd($search); // hair/brown/age/30

})->where('search', '.*');

If you want to parse $search into an array that you might use to query your model, you can use this way:

Route::get('people/{search?}', function ($search = null) {

    $search = trim(preg_replace('|/?([^/]+)/([^/]+)|', '$1=$2&', $search), '&');
    parse_str($search, $query);
    $query = array_filter($query); // To prevent elements that have no value

    dd($query);

})->where('search', '.*');

/people/hair/brown/age/30
/people/hair/brown/age/30/key-with-no-value

Result :

[
  "hair" => "brown",
  "age"  => "24"
]

answered Sep 3, 2021 at 22:09

W Kristianto

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3 Comments

W Kristianto Over a year ago

I also don't recommend that you use the /people/hair-brown/age-30 format. Because it will be difficult to parse - if the key or value has -.

Adam Over a year ago

Awesome thanks @WahyuKristianto! I like this better than any solution I found before asking!

W Kristianto Over a year ago

Glad to help you

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