Routing unfrieldly urls like /category.php?id=33

@avrahamm Could you post your code what do you have right now?

Route::get('/category.php', function (\Illuminate\Http\Request $request) { $id = $request->id; return redirect()->route('catalog.show',compact('id')); });

That's according to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44367951/how-to-use-page-phpid-id-routes-on-laravel it gives 404 Not Found page

Does your catalog.show route exists?

When you remove redirect and show just id it works? It should

using this "category.php?id=33" you are able to get the id with simple $GET["id"] then preform a simple search and redirect paste your code for more undrestanding .

here is a simple example

web.php

Route::get("test",function(){ dd($_GET["id"]); }); url : http://127.0.0.1:8000/test?id=5

Yes, catalog.show route exists and works, /category/33 works. I followed your advice and changed it to return $id; instead redirect and it worked. Then put it back to redirect, cleared cache:clear and it started to work.

Thank you very much!

@avrahamm So you just had cached routes, it was a problem. Nothing else.