laravel route with parameter not coming from url - php

Question

I have multiple routes that look like this:
Route::get('pending-submit', 'CasesController#cases');
Route::get('submited', 'CasesController#cases');
Route::get('closed', 'CasesController#cases');
I have been looking around even in the router API documentation and I can't find a solution for my requirement other than creating multiple methods within the controller. The method does the exact same query except for adding a where clause to identify the different status between each case, what I was trying to do is have a method like this
public function cases($whereStatus = 0){
return Cases::where('status', $whereStatus)->get();
}
Instead of doing this:
public function pendingCases(){
return Cases::where('status', 0)->get();
}
public function submitedCases(){
return Cases::where('status', 1)->get();
}
public function closedCases(){
return Cases::where('status', 2)->get();
}
But I can figure a way to pass that parameter to the method from the route so I now have to create a method for each route which does not seem necessary to me. I understand I could just generate urls with the get parameter in it but I wanted to make that cleaner, is there a way for me to add that parameter without having it in the url?
By the way, I also tried something like this which did not wok:
Route::get(
'pending-submit',
array(
'uses' => 'CasesController#cases',
'params' => array(
'filter' => 0
)
)
);
EDIT:
I understand I can make URLs like https://someurl.com/cases?status=0 and can also have URLs like https://someurl.com/cases which require a different method per route however what I want is have URLs like https://someurl.com/cases and have a single method where the parameter is passed by the router instead of me getting it from the request so I can do it like this:
public function myMethod($param){
/*
* Here I access the $param without calling Request::input('someparam');
* or without Request::path() where then I have to check what path is it
*/
echo $param; /* this should already have the param from the route */
}
EDIT:
#AndyNoelker what I have is 3 different values either 0, 1 or 2
I want to have something like this
Route::get(
'cases',
array(
'uses' => 'CasesController#cases',
'status' => 0 /* this is what I need */
)
);
If not possible from the routes.php it is fine, I just want to know, all other methods you are giving me is not what I want or asking for since I already know how to do those.

Answer 1

You are going to have to pass the desired status in through the URL - otherwise the route will have no way of knowing which status you desire. You can either do it through URL query parameters or as a fully-fledged route parameter. I would personally suggest using a query parameter in this case, but I'll show you both.
Using Query parameters
URL
example.com/cases?status=1
Routes
Route::get('cases', CasesController#cases);
CasesController
public method cases(Request $request)
{
$input = $request->all();
$status = $input['status'];
return Cases::where('status',$status)->get();
}
Using Route parameters
URL
example.com/cases/1
Routes
Route::get('cases/{id}', CasesController#cases);
CasesController
public method cases($id)
{
return Cases::where('status',$id)->get();
}
Of course if you'd prefer that they use a slug or something other than a unique id in the route, then you'd have to adjust for that in your query, but this should give you the right idea.

Answer 2

I think you're looking for route parameters:
Route::get("/cases/{case}", "CasesController#cases");
This will match any of the following:
some_url/cases/pending-submit
some_url/cases/submited
some_url/cases/closed
...
Then, your function public function cases in CasesController would look like this:
public function cases($case){
if($case == "pending-submit"){
// Do Something
} else if($case == "submited") {
// Do Something Else
}
// OR
return Cases::where('status', $case)->get();
}
Etc etc. Look more into url parameters here: Documentation

Answer 3

Route::get('pending-submit', array('status' => 0, 'uses' => function(){
$CasesController = $app->make('CasesController');
return $CasesController->callAction('cases', $parameters = array());
}));

Answer 4

If I am understanding your question correctly, this should work.
Web Route
Route::get('pending-submit', [
'as' => 'pending',
'uses' => 'CasesController#cases',
'status-id' => '0'
]);
And, you can access the parameter passed with the route like below,
In Controller
$request->route()->getActions('status-id')
In View
{{ request()->route()->getAction('status-id') }}
Tested and perfectly works in L5.6