Laravel 5.2 subdomain dynamical routes to controllers - php

Question

Lets assume I have a site with cars: cars.com on Laravel 5.
I want to set up my routes.php so a user could type in a browser ford.cars.com/somethingOrnothing and get to the controller responsible for Ford™ cars (FordController).
Of course I could use something like this code:
Route::group(['middleware' => 'web'], function () {
Route::group(['domain' => 'ford.cars.com'], function(\Illuminate\Routing\Router $router) {
return $router->resource('/', 'FordController');
});
});
But I am not happy about writing and maintaining routes for hundreds of car brands.
I would like to write something like this:
Route::group(['domain' => '{brand}.cars.com'], function(\Illuminate\Routing\Router $router) {
return $router->get('/', function($brand) {
return Route::resource('/', $brand.'Controller');
});
});
So the question is: Is it possible to dynamically set routes for sub-domains and how to achieve this?
upd:
the desirable outcome is to have subdomains that completely repeat controllers structure. Like Route::controller() did (but it is now deprecated)

Answer 1

To emulate Route::controller() behaviour you could do this:
Route::group(['domain' => '{carbrand}.your.domain'], function () {
foreach (['get', 'post'] as $request_method) {
Route::$request_method(
'{action}/{one?}/{two?}/{three?}/{four?}',
function ($carbrand, $action, $one = null, $two = null, $three = null, $four = null) use ($request_method) {
$controller_classname = '\\App\\Http\\Controllers\\' . Str::title($carbrand).'Controller';
$action_name = $request_method . Str::title($action);
if ( ! class_exists($controller_classname) || ! method_exists($controller_classname, $action_name)) {
abort(404);
}
return App::make($controller_classname)->{$action_name}($one, $two, $three, $four);
}
);
}
});
This route group should go after all other routes, as it raises 404 Not found exception.

Answer 2

Probably this is what you need:
Sub-Domain Routing
Route groups may also be used to route wildcard sub-domains.
Sub-domains may be assigned route parameters just like route URIs,
allowing you to capture a portion of the sub-domain for usage in your
route or controller. The sub-domain may be specified using the domain
key on the group attribute array:
Route::group(['domain' => '{account}.myapp.com'], function () {
Route::get('user/{id}', function ($account, $id) {
//
});
});
From:
Laravel 5.2 Documentation
upd.
If you want to call your controller method you can do it like this:
Route::group(['domain' => '{account}.myapp.com'], function () {
Route::get('user/{id}', function ($account, $id) {
$controllerName = $account . 'Controller' //...or any other Controller Name resolving logic goes here
app('App\Http\Controllers\\' . $controllerName)->controllerMethod‌​($id);
});
});