DOCS: Correct & expand routing docs

- Correct syntax error in TeamController sample code
- Explain mandatory use case of $url_handlers
- Provide sample code for mandatory use case of $url_handlers
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Fred Condo 2015-03-05 11:48:31 -08:00
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@ -135,6 +135,14 @@ start parsing variables and the appropriate controller action AFTER the `//`).
## URL Handlers
<div class="alert" markdown="1">
You **must** use the **$url_handlers** static array described here if your URL
pattern does not use the Controller class's default pattern of
`$Action//$ID/$OtherID`. If you fail to do so, and your pattern has more than
2 parameters, your controller will throw the error "I can't handle sub-URLs of
a *class name* object" with HTTP status 404.
</div>
In the above example the URLs were configured using the [api:Director] rules in the **routes.yml** file. Alternatively
you can specify these in your Controller class via the **$url_handlers** static array. This array is processed by the
[api:RequestHandler] at runtime once the `Controller` has been matched.
@ -154,12 +162,42 @@ This is useful when you want to provide custom actions for the mapping of `teams
);
private static $url_handlers = array(
'staff/$ID/$Name' => 'payroll'
'staff/$ID/$Name' => 'payroll',
'coach/$ID/$Name' => 'payroll'
);
The syntax for the `$url_handlers` array users the same pattern matches as the `YAML` configuration rules.
Now lets consider a more complex example from a real project, where using
**$url_handlers** is mandatory. In this example, the URLs are of the form
`http://example.org/feed/go/`, followed by 5 parameters. The PHP controller
class specifies the URL pattern in `$url_handlers`. Notice that it defines 5
parameters.
:::php
class FeedController extends ContentController {
private static $allowed_actions = array('go');
private static $url_handlers = array(
'go/$UserName/$AuthToken/$Timestamp/$OutputType/$DeleteMode' => 'go'
);
public function go() {
$this->validateUser(
$this->request->param('UserName'),
$this->request->param('AuthToken')
);
/* more processing goes here */
}
The YAML rule, in contrast, is simple. It needs to provide only enough
information for the framework to choose the desired controller.
:::yaml
Director:
rules:
'feed': 'FeedController'
## Links
* [api:Controller] API documentation