How can I set the URL of a resourceful route? - php

Question

I have a resourceful route called 'pages', with a PagesController and a Page model. I want the show method to be available at http://site.dev/slug instead of http://site.dev/pages/slug. How can I do this in Laravel 5?
I have tried
Route::resource('/{slug}', 'PagesController');
But that results in the following route list:
| | POST | {slug} | {slug}.store | App\Http\Controllers\PagesController#store | |
| | GET|HEAD | {slug} | {slug}.index | App\Http\Controllers\PagesController#index | |
| | GET|HEAD | {slug}/create | {slug}.create | App\Http\Controllers\PagesController#create | |
| | GET|HEAD | {slug}/{{slug}} | {slug}.show | App\Http\Controllers\PagesController#show | |
| | PUT | {slug}/{{slug}} | {slug}.update | App\Http\Controllers\PagesController#update | |
| | PATCH | {slug}/{{slug}} | | App\Http\Controllers\PagesController#update | |
| | DELETE | {slug}/{{slug}} | {slug}.destroy | App\Http\Controllers\PagesController#destroy | |
| | GET|HEAD | {slug}/{{slug}}/edit | {slug}.edit | App\Http\Controllers\PagesController#edit | |
And the show method returns the error
"Route pattern "/{slug}/{{slug}}" cannot reference variable name "slug" more than once."

Answer 1

When you use Route::resource('/{slug}', 'PagesController'); it will attempt to create multiple routes to handle a variety of RESTful actions. Some of those deal with individual objects referred to by an ID. For instance, the "show" method assumes "slug" to be the noun describing a group of objects and then expects an ID to identify a specific one.
I believe you can address this by using an optional route parameter for that ID and choose whether to handle it in your controller methods: Route::resource('/{slug}/{id?}', 'PagesController');

Answer 2

Create resource route similar to '/{slug}'.
Route::resource('/{slug}', 'MainController');