Application Routing

The router lets you define routes that triggers events you can handle by listeners. A route is basically a path which is matched against request.

../_images/WebinoAppLib.Routing.Flowchart_h400.png

Explanation:

1) Matching a route against request.

  • Request made to your application contains a path to the “resource” the client is requesting.
  • That request path is matched against available routes until one matches if any.

2) Emitting no route match event.

  • When no route was matched, the no route event is emitted to which you can bind like following:
use WebinoAppLib\Event\DispatchEvent;
use WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent;

/** @var WebinoAppLib\Application\AbstractApplication $app */
$app->bind(RouteEvent::NO_MATCH, function (DispatchEvent $event) {
    // do something...
});

3) Emitting route match event.

  • On a route match, the route match event is emitted to which you can bind like following:
use WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent;

/** @var WebinoAppLib\Application\AbstractApplication $app */
$app->bind(RouteEvent::MATCH, function (RouteEvent $event) {
    // do something...
});

4) Emitting route event.

  • The matched route event is emitted to which you can bind like following:
use WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent;
/** @var WebinoAppLib\Application\AbstractApplication $app */

// via class
$app->bind(MyRoute::class, function (RouteEvent $event) {
    // do something...
});
// or via string
$app->bindRoute('myRoute', function (RouteEvent $event) {
    // do something...
});

Routing Interface

$app->getRouter()

Accessing router service.

/** @var \Zend\Mvc\Router\RouteStackInterface $router */
$router = $app->getRouter();

$app->route()

Adding routes.

/** @var \WebinoConfigLib\Feature\Route $route */
$route = $app->route(MyRoute::class)->setLiteral('/');
// or via string
$route = $app->route('myRoute')->setLiteral('/my/route/path');

$app->bind()

Binding to routes via class.

use WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent;

/** @var \WebinoAppLib\Application\AbstractApplication $app */
$app->bind(MyRoute::class, function (RouteEvent $event) {
    // do something...
});

$app->bindRoute()

Binding to routes via class or string.

use WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent;
/** @var \WebinoAppLib\Application\AbstractApplication $app */

// via class
$app->bindRoute(MyRoute::class, function (RouteEvent $event) {
    // do something...
});
// via string
$app->bindRoute('myRoute', function (RouteEvent $event) {
    // do something...
});

$app->url()

Generating URLs.

/** @var \WebinoAppLib\Router\UrlInterface $url */

// via class
$url = $app->url(MyRoute::class);
// or via string
$url = $app->url('myRoute');

Generating URLs HTML.

/** @var \WebinoBaseLib\Html\UrlHtmlInterface $urlHtml */

// via class
$urlHtml = $app->url(MyRoute::class)->html('My Route Label');
// or via string
$urlHtml = $app->url('myRoute')->html('My Route Label');

Available route methods:

$route->setLiteral()

Exact matching of the URI path. Configuration is solely the path you want to match.

/** @var WebinoConfigLib\Feature\Route $route */
$route->setLiteral('/route/path');

$route->setSegment()

Matching any segment of a URI path. Segments are denoted using a colon, followed by alphanumeric characters. If a segment is optional, it should be surrounded by brackets.

/** @var \WebinoConfigLib\Feature\Route $route */
$route->setSegment('/:requiredParam[/:optionalParam]');

Each segment may have constraints associated with it. Each constraint should simply be a regular expression expressing the conditions under which that segment should match.

/** @var \WebinoConfigLib\Feature\Route $route */
$route
    ->setSegment('/:requiredParam[/:optionalParam]')
    ->setConstraints([TODO...]);

Also, as you can in other routes, you may provide defaults to use. These are particularly useful when using optional segments.

/** @var \WebinoConfigLib\Feature\Route $route */
$route
    ->setSegment('/:requiredParam[/:optionalParam]')
    ->setDefaults(['optionalParam' => 'defaultValue']);

See also

Segment Route Example

$route->setDefaults()

Setting default route parameters.

/** @var \WebinoConfigLib\Feature\Route $route */
$route->setDefaults(['optionalParam' => 'defaultValue']);

$route->setConstraints()

Setting route parameters constraints.

TODO…..

/** @var \WebinoConfigLib\Feature\Route $route */
$route->setConstraints(['optionalParam' => 'TODO...']);

Routing Config

Route

Adding routes via config.

use WebinoAppLib\Feature\Config;
use WebinoConfigLib\Feature\Route;

Webino::config([
    (new Route('myRoute'))->setLiteral('/my/route/path'),
]);

See also

$app->url() ● $app->bindRoute() ● Route Config Example

Routing Events

Following events are emitted during application routing.

RouteEvent::MATCH

Route was matched.

This event is emitted at beginning of application dispatch on route match.

use WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent;

$app->bind(RouteEvent::MATCH, function (RouteEvent $event) {});

RouteEvent::NO_MATCH

Can’t match a route.

This event is emitted at beginning of application dispatch when route can’t be matched.

use WebinoAppLib\Event\DispatchEvent;
use WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent;

$app->bind(RouteEvent::NO_MATCH, function (DispatchEvent $event) {});

Route Event Interface

$event->getParam()

Accessing route parameters.

/** @var \WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent $event */
$myParam = $event->getParam('myParam');

$event->getRouteMatch()

Obtaining matched route object.

/** @var \WebinoAppLib\Event\RouteEvent $event */
/** @var \Zend\Mvc\Router\Http\RouteMatch $routeMatch */
$routeMatch = $event->getRouteMatch();