Bind specific controller methods to route names

[endel]

Hello,

It would be nice to allow binding routes to specific controller methods, just like Laravel does. It isn't possible today, right?

Example: (docs)

Route::get('user/{id}', 'UserController@showProfile');

I'm aware of the existence of illuminate/routing, I've already tried it, but Respect/Rest is far more performative due it's lightweight nature.

[alganet]

If I got this right, yeah! You can do it! Method calls will be static though:

<?php

// Will call a static showProfile on the UsersController class.
$router->get('/users/*', ['UsersController', 'showProfile']);

Respect\Rest looks for valid callable arguments. On PHP there is a lot of ways of creating callable arguments. It's not Respect specific:

// Calls the static DateTime::createFromFormat
call_user_func(['DateTime', 'createFromFormat'], 'd-m-Y', '10-10-2012');

You'll need to create the instance for yourself if you don't want static calls:

<?php

$usersController = new UsersController;
// Will call a standard showProfile on the UsersController class.
$router->get('/users/*', [$usersController, 'showProfile']);

Using this way to bind your controller classes also don't need the Routable interface, because the calls are treated as callbacks.

[endel]

Awesome @alganet, that's it. Thanks!