Can I define any route without callback function in laravel? - php

Question

To register a route, I specify the route in web.php in following way,
Route::get($uri, $callback)->name($name);
Is there any way to do this without any specific callback function?
I am building a laravel website but some portion are made with perl. I need to submit a form to a url where the perl code takes over. However, as the form is used in many places I want to use the $name part as form action inside my front end codes.
Essentially what I want is something like this,
Route::get('cgi-bin/route_to_perl_program.cgi', "DO NOTHING. LET PERL DO IT JOB")->name($url_name);

Answer 1

If you not to define any $callback function,there is no need to define a route in web.php. As you want to use route('name') to produce that url in all your blade file,there is an alternative. You need to add this line of code in your config/app.php as follows:
perl_url => 'cgi-bin/route_to_perl_program.cgi',
And use them in your blade like as
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This is not your answer,this might be a solution of your specific
need.
In your $callback function to run a command to execute your perl file and get back the output and return that output as a response.,e.g:
.....
$yourPerlOutPut = exec('perl ~/your/path/yourfile.pl');
return response($yourPerlOutPut);
exec() executes the given command.

Answer 2

You can put your route_to_perl_program.cgi file in public folder and access yourdomain.com/route_to_perl_program.cgi. It will run. You need not put it the route.
Or try something like the following
Route::get('cgi-bin/route_to_perl_program.cgi', function(){
exec('cgi-bin/route_to_perl_program.cgi');
})->name($url_name);