Create middleware to replace slim.before hook

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Hello all! , i am upgrading my old application from slim 2 to slim 3

in my application i added the one value to the route before the output buffer using slim.before hook

for example code and route

$app->hook('slim.before', function () use ($app) {
    $env = $app->environment();
    $path = $env['PATH_INFO'];
    
    // spliting the route and adding the dynamic value  to the route
    $uriArray = explode('/', $path);
    $dynamicvalue = 'value';
    if(array_key_exists($uriArray[1], array)) {
        $dynamicvalue = $uriArray[1];
        //we are trimming the api route
        $path_trimmed = substr($path, strlen($dynamicvalue) + 1); 
        $env['PATH_INFO'] = $path_trimmed;
    }
  
});

i have one route like this it returns json response data

https://api.fakedata.com/fakeid

if i hit the route with adding extra parameter in the search bar to route like this

https://api.fakedata.com/en/fakeid

it will also return same response as the response which return from first route
i achieved this by adding the en parameter using slim.before hook in slim 2

from slim 3 hooks is deprecated , and replaced with middleware

how can we achieve this in slim 3 or 4 using middleware

can anyone help me with the code

Thank you!

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It’s hard to guess how your source code looks like. So it’s even harder to help here. Could you please show us your current routes for this example?

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@odan Added the example code please let me know if any other requirements

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I would suggest a different approach, that should behave like you expected.

Instead of using a middleware for it, I would try to create a route with a placeholder for the additional parameters.

Have you tried this?

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