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Asif Sheikh
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Slim Php Framework: How to create Route Wrapper Class in Slim?

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Hello everyone!✌

Now we are going to discuss about creating Route Wrapper Class in Slim Php Framework.

We have to follow few steps to creating route class and I hope you to enjoy it. It makes life easier for slim developer.

STEP 1: Creating Route Wrapper Class

Creating a new php file in App\Core\Route.php in your slim project directory. I have named Route.php.

<?php namespace App; use Slim\App; class Router { protected $app; public function __construct(App $app) { $this->app = $app; } public function get($pattern, $callable) { $this->app->get($pattern, $callable); } public function post($pattern, $callable) { $this->app->post($pattern, $callable); } public function put($pattern, $callable) { $this->app->put($pattern, $callable); } public function delete($pattern, $callable) { $this->app->delete($pattern, $callable); } public function patch($pattern, $callable) { $this->app->patch($pattern, $callable); } public function group($pattern, $callable) { $this->app->group($pattern, $callable); } public function middleware($middleware) { $this->app->add($middleware); } public function controller($pattern, $controller) { $this->app->any($pattern . '[/{action}]', function ($request, $response, $args) use ($controller) { $action = $args['action'] ?? 'index'; $controllerInstance = new $controller(); return $controllerInstance->$action($request, $response, $args); }); } public function resource($pattern, $controller) { $this->app->get($pattern, $controller . ':index'); $this->app->get($pattern . '/create', $controller . ':create'); $this->app->post($pattern, $controller . ':store'); $this->app->get($pattern . '/{id}', $controller . ':show'); $this->app->get($pattern . '/{id}/edit', $controller . ':edit'); $this->app->put($pattern . '/{id}', $controller . ':update'); $this->app->delete($pattern . '/{id}', $controller . ':destroy'); } }
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STEP 2: Use Above Route Class in index.php

<?php use Slim\Factory\AppFactory; use App\Router; require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; $app = AppFactory::create(); $router = new Router($app); // Define your routes $router->get('/home', function ($request, $response, $args) { $response->getBody()->write('Hello, Home!'); return $response; }); $router->post('/submit', function ($request, $response, $args) { // handle post request return $response; }); // Grouped routes $router->group('/api', function () use ($router) { $router->get('/users', function ($request, $response, $args) { $response->getBody()->write('List of users'); return $response; }); $router->post('/users', function ($request, $response, $args) { // handle post request return $response; }); }); // Controller route $router->controller('/product', \App\Controllers\ProductController::class); // Resource route $router->resource('/articles', \App\Controllers\ArticleController::class); $app->run();
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Thanks for giving your time and considerations!✨

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david duymelinck •

Because the router is a part of the App class you could extend that, instead of creating Router class where you need to add all the router functionality.

src/MyAppFactory.php

<?php namespace App; use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface; use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseFactoryInterface; use Slim\Factory\AppFactory; use Slim\Interfaces\CallableResolverInterface; use Slim\Interfaces\MiddlewareDispatcherInterface; use Slim\Interfaces\RouteCollectorInterface; use Slim\Interfaces\RouteResolverInterface; class MyAppFactory extends AppFactory { public static function create(?ResponseFactoryInterface $responseFactory = null, ?ContainerInterface $container = null, ?CallableResolverInterface $callableResolver = null, ?RouteCollectorInterface $routeCollector = null, ?RouteResolverInterface $routeResolver = null, ?MiddlewareDispatcherInterface $middlewareDispatcher = null): MyApp { static::$responseFactory = $responseFactory ?? static::$responseFactory; return new MyApp( self::determineResponseFactory(), $container ?? static::$container, $callableResolver ?? static::$callableResolver, $routeCollector ?? static::$routeCollector, $routeResolver ?? static::$routeResolver, $middlewareDispatcher ?? static::$middlewareDispatcher ); } }
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src/MyApp.php

<?php namespace App; use Slim\App; class MyApp extends App { public function controller($pattern, $controller) { $this->any($pattern . '[/{action}]', function ($request, $response, $args) use ($controller) { $action = $args['action'] ?? 'index'; $controllerInstance = new $controller(); return $controllerInstance->$action($request, $response, $args); }); } public function resource($pattern, $controller) { $this->get($pattern, $controller . ':index'); $this->get($pattern . '/create', $controller . ':create'); $this->post($pattern, $controller . ':store'); $this->get($pattern . '/{id}', $controller . ':show'); $this->get($pattern . '/{id}/edit', $controller . ':edit'); $this->put($pattern . '/{id}', $controller . ':update'); $this->delete($pattern . '/{id}', $controller . ':destroy'); } }
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public/index.php

use App\MyAppFactory; require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'; $app = MyAppFactory::create(); $app->resource('/articles', \App\Controllers\ArticleController::class); $app->run();
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Asif Sheikh •

😊👍