Custom Routing

Automatic routing is brilliant 99% of the time. This page is for the 1% when you want to bend URLs to your will.

Here's how it works. Open: config/custom_routing.php

Add one line. Refresh. Done.

Basic Routes – “Pretend You’re Somewhere Else”

Want /login to secretly run users/login?

<?php
$routes = [
    'login' => 'users/login'
];

define('CUSTOM_ROUTES', $routes);

Result: Address bar stays /login. User sees login form. You look clever.

Dynamic Routes? It's Wildcards Ahoy!

Need to catch IDs, slugs, or entire paths? Three wildcards. No more. No less.

Below is an example of a custom_routing.php file that demonstrates using wildcards to map dynamic URLs to specific controllers and methods.

<?php
$routes = [
    'product/(:num)'      => 'store/item/$1',
    'laptops/(:any)'      => 'store/item/$1',
    'docs/(:all)'         => 'help/$all',     // Works
    // 'blog/(:all)/edit' => 'broken forever' // Does NOT work
];

define('CUSTOM_ROUTES', $routes);