Cakesuit/Route plugin for CakePHP

Installation

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using composer., _(*1)

The recommended way to install composer packages is:, _(*2)

composer require cakesuit/route

Load Helper on your config/bootstrap.php file:, _(*3)

<?php
...

Plugin::load('Cakesuit/Route');

Load Helper on your AppView.php file:, _(*4)

<?php

public function initialize()
{
    $this->loadHelper('Cakesuit/Route.Route');
}

Define routes:, _(*5)

<?php

Route::scope('/', function (RouteBuilder $routes) {
    $routes->connect('/users', ['controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'index'], ['_name' => 'users:index']);
    $routes->connect('/users/:id', ['controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'view'], ['_name' => 'users:view']);
    // OR with verbe GET if you use version >= 3.5.0
    $routes->get('/users', ['controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'index'], 'users:index');
    $routes->get('/users/view/:id', ['controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'view'], 'users:view');
});

Use helper on your template:, _(*6)

<?php 
// Génarate tag A with url
// link($routename, $title, array $params = [], array $options = [])
echo $this->Route->link('user:index', 'Users');
// return <a href="/users">Users</a>
echo $this->Route->link('user:view', 'View User', ['id' => $user->id], ['title' => 'username ' . $user->username]);
// return <a href="/users/view/1" title="username Fred">View User</a>

// Generate url
// url($routename, array $params = [], $fullbase = false)
echo $this->Route->url('user:index');
// return /users
echo $this->Route->url('user:view', ['id' => $user->id], true);
// return http://localhost:8765/users/view/1