Route::resource change path names in Laravel 5.2? - php

Question

When using RESTful resource controllers, we can use route::resource() to work with, but the URIs seem to be default.
+--------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+---------------------------------------------+------------+
| Domain | Method | URI | Name | Action | Middleware |
+--------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+---------------------------------------------+------------+
| | GET|HEAD | / | | Closure | web |
| | GET|HEAD | items | items.index | App\Http\Controllers\ItemController#index | web |
| | POST | items | items.store | App\Http\Controllers\ItemController#store | web |
| | GET|HEAD | items/create | items.create | App\Http\Controllers\ItemController#create | web |
| | GET|HEAD | items/{items} | items.show | App\Http\Controllers\ItemController#show | web |
| | PUT|PATCH | items/{items} | items.update | App\Http\Controllers\ItemController#update | web |
| | DELETE | items/{items} | items.destroy | App\Http\Controllers\ItemController#destroy | web |
| | GET|HEAD | items/{items}/edit | items.edit | App\Http\Controllers\ItemController#edit | web |
| | POST | register | signup | App\Http\Controllers\UserController#SignUp | web |
| | GET|HEAD | signup | | Closure | web |
+--------+-----------+--------------------+---------------+---------------------------------------------+------------+
(ignore the first and the last two, we're looking at the 'items.something' routes)
I want to, for example, change "items/create" to "items/new".
On a previous question, the answer was "No", but since the question is over one year old and Laravel developments seems to be pretty fast, is there already a solution?

Answer 1

The answer hasn't really changed. You can't customize a resource controller action directly. There is a workaround however: you can exclude it and add it yourself.
First make your resource route partial and exclude the action(s) you don't want:
https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/controllers#restful-partial-resource-routes
Route::resource('items', 'ItemController', ['except' => [
'create'
]]);
Then you can add your own routes in addition:
https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/controllers#restful-supplementing-resource-controllers
Route::get('items/new', 'ItemController#new');
Make sure to stick that before the resource route, as mentioned in the docs.
Note you can customize the route name, as mentioned in that previous thread you linked to.