Named routes

[tyler-sommer]

Would it be worthwhile to extend the implementation to supports named routes? I don't think the routing algorithm cares about names, but it would be helpful for creating url generation helpers and the like.

Is FastRoute where that should be implemented, anyway?

[nikic]

What's a named route?

[tyler-sommer]

The name would be used to reference the route in the rest of the application.
My use case is something like this:

$collector->addNamedRoute('user_show', 'GET', '/user/{id}/show', 'showUser');

$urlGenerator = new UrlGenerator($collector->getNamedData());

$path = $urlGenerator->generate('user_show', ['id' => 5]);
// $path is "/user/5/show"

However, I don't know if this line of thinking necessarily fits with FastRoute. This could easily be added as a layer on top of FastRoute instead of being included.

[nikic]

Yeah, I also think this would work well as a separate layer, as it's mainly about integration with the application.

[tyler-sommer]

Awesome, thanks!