Using a RouteCollectionProvider in Silex - php

Question

I have a custom Silex\RouteCollection which I want to register...
class RouteCollectionProvider extends RouteCollection
{
public function __construct() {
$this->add(
'Index',
new Route('/', array(
'method' => 'get',
'controller' => 'index',
'action' => 'index'
)
));
}
}
...during the bootstrapping:
$app = new Silex\Application();
/** here **/
$app->run();
I could use:
$app = new Silex\Application();
$routes = new RouteCollectionProvider();
foreach ($routes->getIterator() as $route) {
$defaults = $route->getDefaults();
$pattern = $route->getPath();
$callback = 'Controller\\'
. ucfirst($defaults['controller'])
. 'Controller::'
. $defaults['action']
. 'Action';
$app->get($pattern, $callback);
}
$app->run();
I don't like having the initialization of those routes right in there.
Do you know any spot in Silex, where this does fit better?
I cannot use $app->register() because it's getting called too late and the routes won't get active in there.
Maybe there is an event I can use with
$app->on('beforeCompileRoutesOrSomething', function() use ($app) {
// initialize routes
}
Or a hook in the Dispatcher?
My aim is to not have a big collection of $app->get() or $app->post() in there. I also know I can ->mount() a controller but then still I have all my get definitions in my bootstrap and not in a Provider.

Answer 1

This post solves the problem: Scaling Silex pt. 2.
$app = new Application;
$app->extend('routes', function (RouteCollection $routes, Application $app) {
$routes->addCollection(new MyCustomRouteCollection);
return $routes;
});
$app->run();