How many types of route?

Author: Kundan kumar | Date: 04-06-2025

✅ 1. Basic Route This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

Route::get('/hello', function () {
    return 'Hello, World!';
});

✅ 1. Basic Route This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

Route::get('/hello', function () {
    return 'Hello, World!';
});

View route

Route::view('/about', 'about');

//You can also pass data
Route::view('/greet', 'greeting', ['name' => 'John']);

✅ 1. Basic Route This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

Route::get('/hello', function () {
    return 'Hello, World!';
});

✅ 1. Basic Route This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

Route::get('/hello', function () {
    return 'Hello, World!';
});

View route

Route::view('/about', 'about');

//You can also pass data
Route::view('/greet', 'greeting', ['name' => 'John']);

Redirect route

Route::redirect('/home', '/dashboard');

//You can also pass specific status code
Route::redirect('/old', '/new', 301);

Controller routes

Route::get('/user/{id}', [UserController::class, 'show']);

Route with parameter

Route::get('/post/{id}', function ($id) {
    return "Post ID: " . $id;
});

Named route

Group routes with shared attributes like middleware, prefix, or namespace.

Route::get('/profile', [UserController::class, 'profile'])->name('profile');

Route group

✅ 1. Basic Route This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

Route::get('/hello', function () {
    return 'Hello, World!';
});

✅ 1. Basic Route This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

This is the simplest form of routing using a closure.

Route::get('/hello', function () {
    return 'Hello, World!';
});

View route

Route::view('/about', 'about');

//You can also pass data
Route::view('/greet', 'greeting', ['name' => 'John']);

Redirect route

Route::redirect('/home', '/dashboard');

//You can also pass specific status code
Route::redirect('/old', '/new', 301);

Controller routes

Route::get('/user/{id}', [UserController::class, 'show']);

Route with parameter

Route::get('/post/{id}', function ($id) {
    return "Post ID: " . $id;
});

Named route

Group routes with shared attributes like middleware, prefix, or namespace.

Route::get('/profile', [UserController::class, 'profile'])->name('profile');

Route group

Route::prefix('admin')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
        return 'Admin Dashboard';
    });
});

Resource route

Generates routes like:

GET /posts

POST /posts

GET /posts/{id}

PUT /posts/{id}

DELETE /posts/{id}

Route::resource('posts', PostController::class);

✅ 9. API Resource Route

Same as resource but optimized for APIs (no create and edit).

Route::apiResource('users', UserController::class);

Fallback routes

Handles 404s when no other route matches.

Route::fallback(function () {
    return response()->json(['message' => 'Page Not Found.'], 404);
});

Route with Middleware

Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
    return 'Dashboard';
})->middleware('auth');