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Why do you want to put the slug AND the id in the URL?
Jun 17, 2017
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Level 4
Using a url slug and id on the route
Hello,
I'm trying to put the slug and id on the URL.
So, i have a Post model, with basic things like id, title, description. (example - 1 , first-title, first description)... and i want the URL to look like www.website.com/first-title_1
Route -
Route::get('{slug}_{id}', 'PostsController@show');
Controller -
public function show(Post $id, $slug)
{
return $id; //or compact into a view
// and use str_slug() on the $title
}
I'm not sure if i need to store the slug into the database, also i'm not sure how the passing of values for $id and $slug should be.
Any help please? Thanks!
Level 4
@topvillas - to avoid duplicate urls
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Level 46
If your using an auto increment id for your posts then they'll always be unique.
Level 4
@topvillas - I understand. What i want to include is, the slug in the url.
Level 13
A simple alternative would be to append/prepend the ID to the slug when you are generating/saving it.
Ex:
$post->slug = $post->id . '-' . str_slug($post->title);
// saved as 1-my-first-post
This solves your problem in the route since you can just do {slug} and don't have to worry about capturing the ID too
Level 67
also i'm not sure how the passing of values for $id and $slug should be.
They're passed in the order that they appear in the route from left to right, so $slug first, then $id. So you have them reversed in your show(Post $id, $slug)
Level 1
You can use this, it will generate the following:
welcome-to-my-blog-1
str_slug($post->title . ' '. $post->id);
Level 122
check this article for reasons why to have both, as well as a tutorial for implementation
https://sebastiandedeyne.com/posts/2017/non-breaking-seo-friendly-urls-in-laravel
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