Using response->withRedirect() with route Name (rather than URL)

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As I’m adding functionality to my project, I’ve stumbled across this issue. Response::withRedirect() is defined as follows:

public function withRedirect($url, $status = 302)
{
    return $this->withStatus($status)->withHeader('Location', (string)$url);
}

This is all fine and well, but I’d much prefer to use the redirect with route name as it’s target rather than a URL. Is there any way this can be achieved?

BTW, this is done from Controller code, so the variable available to me in this context are:

public function pageEdit (Request $request, Response $response, $args)

so I don’t quite see how to get resolve a route name to a URL based on the available parameters.

Once again, thanks for any insights.

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I use something like this to redirect to a route named home:

$uri = $request->getUri()->withPath($this->router->pathFor('home')); return $response->withRedirect((string)$uri);

Note: I’m passing the router ($this->router) to the controller’s constructor.

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Thank you, that’s exactly what I was looking for.

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Thanks TheLobos…:slight_smile:

5

We should thank @tflight, he’s been most helpful in getting me (and probably others) up to speed.

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Hi @tflight,

Can you explain how to pass the router to the controller’s constructor?

Thanks,

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@xpico, you can where the controller is defined in the container here, note the router on line 41.:

And the router is then added to the controller’s constructor here:

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Thank @tflight for the answer.

I have another question. Why pass 3 arguments in new Bookshelf\BookController($c['view'], $c['router'], $c['flash']); and not all the container with $c like new Bookshelf\BookController($c); and then in the controller you can use what you want? Is performance or what?

Sorry, but I’m not an expert with PHP and with dependency container concept.

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See this article, particularly the second to the last paragraph as well as the first comment and answer.

https://akrabat.com/di-factories-for-slim-controllers/

You could also search for articles about Service Locator VS Dependency Injection for more in depth info.

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