Laravel: Get URL from routes BY NAME
I'm trying to do something a little different and I couldn't find any way to do it. Maybe my approach is wrong but either way I figured I might find some help here.
I have a Laravel 5 project and you know how you can get the current route name by using:
\Request::route()->getName();
So I'm actually looking to do the exact opposite. Maybe not the exact opposite but what I need is to retrieve my route URL based on the name that I gave to that route. Here is my dream scenario.
my routes.php:
Route::any('/hos', "HospitalController@index")->name("hospital");
What I would like to do in my controller that I have no idea how to or even if is possible:
// I have no idea if this is possible but thats what I'm trying to accomplish
$my_route_url = \Request::route()->getURLByName("hospital");
echo $my_route_url; // this would echo: "/hos"
I might be using the wrong approach here so maybe you guys can help me out and shine some light on the issue.
Thanks!
Answer
$url = route('routeName');
if there is a param
$url = route('routeName', ['id' => 1]);