Slug route in cakephp 3

Question

I have this route and it's OK:

Router::connect('/tour/:slug', 
     ['controller' => 'Tours','action' => 'view'],
     ['slug'=>'[^\/]+','pass'=>['slug']]
);

I want remove "/tour" , but it has Missing Controller error:

Router::connect('/:slug', 
     ['controller' => 'Tours','action' => 'view'],
     ['slug'=>'[^\/]+','pass'=>['slug']]
);

error page (in request: http://localhost/nextholiday/a_slug ):

what should I do?

Answer 1

I'm using the same route. But it only works when the route is before:

$routes->fallbacks(DashedRoute::class);

Example (inside of Router::scope('/'...):

    $routes->connect(
        '/:slug',
        ['controller' => 'Articles', 'action' => 'view'],
        [
            'pass' => ['slug'],
            'slug' => '[^\/]+' // Taken from your example
        ]
    );
    // ...
    $routes->fallbacks(DashedRoute::class);

If you are doing all right, on DebugKit Routes you will see the routes (URI template) /:controller and /:controller/:action/* just below your /:slug. All other routes must be above of /:slug.

As mentioned, order matters. Missing Controller sometimes is shown if your Regex Pattern is wrong, on slug pattern I'm using "[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*".