Laravel Router

Convention-based route discovery for Laravel controllers, with PHP attributes for overrides and metadata.

Status

laravel-router is stable.

• PHP: ^8.3
• Laravel components: ^12.0|^13.0
• Test coverage: PHPUnit 11 + Orchestra Testbench 10/11, with src/ at 100% locally

Highlights

• Public-method route discovery with minimal registration boilerplate
• Support for nested controller resources and model-bound parameters
• Convention-based HTTP verb resolution with optional explicit overrides
• Middleware, where constraints, and inheritance-aware discovery
• Strict duplicate detection and optional skipped-route reporting

Installation

Install the package with Composer:

composer require poshtive/router

Optionally publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Poshtive\Router\RouterServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Quick Start

Configure route discovery in config/router.php:

'groups' => [
    'web' => [
        'paths' => [app_path('Http/Controllers')],
        'middleware' => ['web'],
    ],
],

Then add a controller method:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class UserController
{
    public function index() {}
}

This registers GET /user automatically after the service provider boots.

You can still define Laravel routes manually as usual.

A Complete Example

Keep web and API controllers in separate directories when they use different middleware or URL prefixes. For example, configure an API group like this:

// config/router.php
'groups' => [
    'api' => [
        'paths' => [app_path('Http/Controllers/Api')],
        'prefix' => 'api',
        'name' => 'api.',
        'middleware' => ['api'],
    ],
],

Then add app/Http/Controllers/Api/UserController.php:

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;

use App\Models\User;
use Poshtive\Router\Attributes\Route;

class UserController
{
    public function index() {}

    public function show(User $user) {}

    #[Route(method: 'POST')]
    public function store() {}

    #[Route(method: ['PUT', 'PATCH'])]
    public function update(User $user) {}
}

With the default attribute_or_get convention, discovery registers:

The User $user type hint supplies the {user} binding placeholder. Laravel resolves the model after the route is registered. Method names default to GET; use #[Route(method: ...)] or http_methods_map for other verbs.

Documentation

• Getting Started
• Configuration
• Route Discovery
• Attributes
• Examples

Testing

Run the package test suite with:

composer test

Generate a Clover coverage report for src/ with:

composer test:coverage

Changelog

Release notes are tracked in CHANGELOG.md.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.