Custom routes that work in normal and multi-language setups

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1

Dear forum,

is there a way to set up custom routes which will work in normal as well as multi-language setups?

Since this:

return [
    'routes' => [
        [
            'pattern' => '(:all)',
            'language' => '*',
            'action' => function ($language, $slug) {
                // …
            }
        ],
    ]
];

will cause an error in normal setups because the $language variable isn’t passed and this:

return [
    'routes' => [
        [
            'pattern' => '(:all)',
            'action' => function ($slug) {
                // …
            }
        ],
    ]
];

will only catch URLs without language code in multi-language setups.

I’m creating a plugin, so my routes should be as universal as possible. Thanks for any hints!

2

Maybe I could do something like this:

return [
    'routes' => [
        [
            'pattern' => '(:all)',
            'language' => '*',
            'action' => function ($variable1, $variable2 = null) {
                if ($variable2 !== null) {
                    $language = $variable1;
                    $slug = $variable2;
                else {
                    $language = $variable2;
                    $slug = $variable1;
                }
            }
        ],
    ]
];
3

I’d probably set up different routes for multi-language and standard context which then share their logic.

4

But whichever route definition comes first will catch the request, no? In my noted examples, any of the two routes would handle the request if first in order.

Anyways, I think my proposed solution will do for me … it may not be pretty, but it works. :slight_smile:

5

I rather meant to check if you have a multilang site or not