I am using Laravel 5 and working on my local. I made a route with a parameter of {id} and another route with a specific name like so :
Route::get('contacts/{id}', 'ContactController@get_contact'); Route::get('contacts/new', 'ContactController@new_contact');
My problem here is that if I try to go at localhost/contacts/new it will automatically access to the get_contact method. I understand that I have made a {id} parameter but what if I want to call get_contact only if my parameter is an integer? If it is not, check if it’s “new” and access to new_contact method. Then, if it’s not an integer and not “new”, error page 404.
How can I do that in Laravel 5?
Thanks for your help!
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Answer
Just add ->where('id', '[0-9]+')
to route where you want to accept number-only parameter:
Route::get('contacts/{id}', 'ContactController@get_contact')->where('id', '[0-9]+'); Route::get('contacts/new', 'ContactController@new_contact');
Read more: http://laravel.com/docs/master/routing#route-parameters