Routing via Php AltoRouter - php

Question

I am trying to use a router (AltoRouter) for the first time and am unable to call any page.
Web folder structure
The Code
Index.php
require 'lib/AltoRouter.php';
$router = new AltoRouter();
$router->setBasePath('/alto');
$router->map('GET|POST','/', 'home#index', 'home');
$router->map('GET|POST','/', 'display.php', 'display');
$router->map('GET','/plan/', 'plan.php', 'plan');
$router->map('GET','/users/', array('c' => 'UserController', 'a' => 'ListAction'));
$router->map('GET','/users/[i:id]', 'users#show', 'users_show');
$router->map('POST','/users/[i:id]/[delete|update:action]', 'usersController#doAction', 'users_do');
// match current request
$match = $router->match();
if( $match && is_callable( $match['target'] ) ) {
call_user_func_array( $match['target'], $match['params'] );
} else {
// no route was matched
header( $_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] . ' 404 Not Found');
}
I have a file named plan.php (display plan) in the plan folder and the hyperlink that I am trying is
Plan <?php echo $router->generate('plan'); ?>
which does not work.
Can you help?

Answer 1

You cannot call plan.php by passing plan.php as an argument to match function
Check examples at http://altorouter.com/usage/processing-requests.html
If you want to use content from plan.php
you should use map in the following format
$router->map('GET','/plan/', function() {
require __DIR__ . '/plan/plan.php';
} , 'plan');
to the file plan/plan.php add echo 'testing plan';
Also, double check that your .htaccess file contains
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
Also, if you set base path with $router->setBasePath('/alto'); your index.php files should be placed in the alto directory so your url would be in that case http://example.com/alto/index.php
Working example:
require 'lib/AltoRouter.php';
$router = new AltoRouter();
$router->setBasePath('/alto');
$router->map('GET','/plan/', function( ) {
require __DIR__ . '/plan/plan.php';
} , 'plan');
// match current request
$match = $router->match();
if( $match && is_callable( $match['target'] ) ) {
call_user_func_array( $match['target'], $match['params'] );
} else {
// no route was matched
header( $_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] . ' 404 Not Found');
}
then this will work just fine
Plan <?php echo $router->generate('plan'); ?>