Laravel Routes return 404 error

Please post something to go by. Routes file would be a good start (and where it breaks)

most likely you have a route defined that is greedy and catches the route before it gets to your new routes

As suggested, providing your web.php would be really useful

route list together with the 404 link...

<?php

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/



# Below are the welcome pages:

Auth::routes();

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('en-welcome');
});

Route::get('/en', function () {
    return view('en-welcome');
})->name('en-welcome');

Route::get('/ar', function () {
    return view('ar-welcome');
})->name('ar-welcome');;

Route::get('/en/welcome', function() {
    return view('en-welcome');
});

Route::get('/ar/welcome', function() {
    return view('ar-welcome');
});
/********************************************************* */

# Release Routes    ;   DONE

Route::get('/releases', 'ReleaseController@index')->name('releases.index');
Route::get('/{volume_no}/{issue_no}', 'ReleaseController@show')->name('releases.show');
Route::post('/releases/add', 'ReleaseController@add')->name('releases.add');
/********************************************************* */

# Category Routes   ;   DONE

Route::get('/categories', 'CategoryController@index')->name('categories.index');
Route::get('/categories/{category_id}/edit', 'CategoryController@edit')->name('categories.edit');
Route::post('/categories/add', 'CategoryController@add')->name('categories.add');
Route::patch('/categories/{category_id}', 'CategoryController@update')->name('categories.update');
Route::delete('/categories/{category_id}', 'CategoryController@destroy')->name('categories.destroy');
/********************************************************* */

# Author Routes

Route::get('/authors', 'AuthorController@index')->name('authors.index');
Route::post('/authors', 'AuthorController@add')->name('authors.add');

/********************************************************* */

# Article Routes


Route::get('/home', 'HomeController@index')->name('home');

Route::get('/{article_id}', 'ArticleController@show')->name('article.show');

Route::get('/{volume_no}/{issue_no}/add', 'ArticleController@add')->name('articles.add');

# not implemented yet

Route::post('/{article_id}/edit', 'ArticleController@edit')->name('articles.edit');

Route::post('/{volume_no}/{issue_no}', 'ArticleController@store')->name('articles.store');
Route::delete('/{article_id}', 'ArticleController@destroy')->name('article.destroy');


/********************************************************* */

# Home Routes


/********************************************************* */ ```


This is my routes/web.php file.  The "/home" route is the last route that works normally. All other routes below are not working. Note that when I move one of the routes below upwards, it works. So, this means it's not an error in the routes.

Any thoughts?

Use ``` on the line before your code

Done, Thanks. I thought it was an internet connection issue :P

@sinnbeck doesn't that also include the other ones too? Like

Route::post('/{article_id}/edit', 'ArticleController@edit')->name('articles.edit');
Route::get('/{volume_no}/{issue_no}/add', 'ArticleController@add')->name('articles.add');

@sinnbeck it worked like magic!!

Everything is working properly, though I just changed "/{article_id}" into "article/{article_id}". But can you explain why's that happening? Note that I have a route "/{volume_no}/{issue_no}" above with the "Release Routes" and it's not problematic.

Sorry seems I was a bit to quick. Didn't notice that. Anyone else see something I am missing?

Anyway. Be careful with loose routes like that. It's easy to hit the wrong one

Can you show an example of a url that didn't work?

The routes are evaluated from top to bottom, and anything this is just one word will be caught. /{volume}/{issue} wont be caught because that requires two parameters with a slash in the middle.

@snapey That was my thought too, but there are not single word get routes after it (only a delete route)

This is my test and nothing breaks. So my though is that it might be the url that is "special" :)

Route::get('/{volume_no}/{issue_no}', function() {
    'break app';
});

Route::get('/home', 'HomeController@index')->name('home');

Route::get('/{article_id}', function() {
    return 'art';
});

Route::get('/{volume_no}/{issue_no}/add', function () {
    return 'add';
});