Laravel 8.0 Resource Routing Example

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In this example, we will see how the resource router works. Before that, we will show how normal routes work for the normal crud app.

Resource Routing in Laravel 8.0 makes developers for writing code efficiently and manageable

routes/web.php

Normal crud app routes like this:

use App\Http\Controllers\PostController;

Route::get('/posts', '[PostController::class, 'index']');
Route::get('/posts/create', '[PostController::class, 'create']');
Route::post('/posts', '[PostController::class, 'store']');
Route::get('/posts/{id}/edit', '[PostController::class, 'edit']');
Route::put('/posts/{id}', '[PostController::class, 'update']');
Route::get('/posts/{id}', '[PostController::class, 'show']');
Route::delete('/posts/{id}', '[PostController::class, 'destroy']');

The above routes are responsible for Post manageable functionalities.

Now we want to replace those routes with resource routers.

Read Also

Laravel 8.0 CRUD Tutorial Using Mysql Database

Create Resource Route

php artisan make:controller PostController --resource

And route in web.php file

routes/web.php

use App\Http\Controllers\PostController; // import at the top
Route::resource('/post',PostController::class);

And the controller should like below:

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class PostController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Display a listing of the resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function index()
    {
        //
    }
    /**
     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function create()
    {
        //
    }
    /**
     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        //
    }
    /**
     * Display the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function show($id)
    {
        //
    }
    /**
     * Show the form for editing the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function edit($id)
    {
        //
    }
    /**
     * Update the specified resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function update(Request $request, $id)
    {
        //
    }
    /**
     * Remove the specified resource from storage.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function destroy($id)
    {
        //
    }
}

You can check the resources route by running bellow command:

php artisan route:list

It shows all routes

But Specifically want to show route like

php artisan route:list --name=post

output:

Hope it will help