Cakephp Plugin prefix not working - php

Question

I'm creating a Cakephp(3.5.14) plugin, it is working fine with the below given routes
plugins/timesheet/config/routes.php
Router::plugin(
'Timesheet', ['path' => '/timesheets'], function (RouteBuilder $routes) {
$routes->setExtensions(['json']);
$routes->connect('/', ['controller' => 'Timesheets', 'action' => 'index']);
$routes->connect('/edit', ['controller' => 'Timesheets', 'action' => 'edit']);
$routes->connect('/add', ['controller' => 'Timesheets', 'action' => 'add']);
$routes->fallbacks(DashedRoute::class);
as per the documentation this I added in
project src/config/routes.php
$routes->scope('/backend', function ($routes) {
$routes->loadPlugin('Timesheet');
});
BUt somehow, it's not working.
My URL: www.xxx.com/backend/timesheets
Error: BackendController could not be found.
In the case you tried to access a plugin controller make sure you added it to your composer file or you use the autoload option for the plugin.
Error: Create the class BackendController below in file: src\Controller\BackendController.php
use App\Controller\AppController;
class BackendController extends AppController
{
}
Stack Trace:
⟩ Cake\Http\ControllerFactory->missingController
CORE\src\Http\ControllerFactory.php, line 38
⟩ Cake\Http\ControllerFactory->create
CORE\src\Http\ActionDispatcher.php, line 90
⟩ Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher->dispatch
CORE\src\Http\BaseApplication.php, line 108
⟩ Cake\Http\BaseApplication->__invoke
CORE\src\Http\Runner.php, line 65
⟩ Cake\Http\Runner->__invoke
CORE\src\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware.php, line 104
⟩ Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware->__invoke
CORE\src\Http\Runner.php, line 65
⟩ Cake\Http\Runner->__invoke
CORE\src\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware.php, line 88
⟩ Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware->__invoke
CORE\src\Http\Runner.php, line 65
⟩ Cake\Http\Runner->__invoke
CORE\src\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 98
⟩ Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware->__invoke
CORE\src\Http\Runner.php, line 65
⟩ Cake\Http\Runner->__invoke
ROOT\vendor\cakephp\debug_kit\src\Middleware\DebugKitMiddleware.php, line 52
⟩ DebugKit\Middleware\DebugKitMiddleware->__invoke
CORE\src\Http\Runner.php, line 65
⟩ Cake\Http\Runner->__invoke
CORE\src\Http\Runner.php, line 51
⟩ Cake\Http\Runner->run
CORE\src\Http\Server.php, line 81
⟩ Cake\Http\Server->run
ROOT\webroot\index.php, line 40
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Check the other routes that are connected in your application, there's most likely a route connected earlier that catches the request, probably one that looks for something like /:controller/:action (either explicitly, or as fallback routes), hence it uses the backend part as the controller.
You can easily get a list of all connected routes via the routes shell:
bin/cake routes