How to have a dynamic controller in Laravel

Question

I'm trying to call dynamic popup views in which I need to pass the data through the controller, I want the controller to be dynamic which will access the particular function and make the view accordingly. Basically i'm looking for something like this:

Route::post('/popup/{id}', 'PopupController@{$id}');

So basically suppose when it is called like this: mydomain.com/popup/id1, it should call PopupController@id1.

Help me out with this.

try to look at this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27322854/run-function-from-button-or-url-in-laravel with bit modification and it could be used — Maytham Fahmi, Aug 11 '16 at 19:00
@maytham-ɯɐɥʇʎɐɯ it will be too lengthy, as I have repetitive links or buttons. — Nitish Kumar, Aug 11 '16 at 19:03
I think you need to clarify your question about requirement, since it is not clear about lengthy thing. — Maytham Fahmi, Aug 11 '16 at 19:07

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 11 '16 at 18:55

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I suggest instead of writing a dynamic route or controller use switch case in controller action.

e.g.

Route::post('/popup/{id}', 'PopupController@action');

In Controller

public function action($id)
{
  switch($id)
  {
     case 1: ...

     case 2: ...
  }
}

answered Aug 11 '16 at 18:55

Akshay Deshmukh

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I can use this, but I'm collecting data from dom element and making the view, each switch case will be too lengthy and messy for me. – Nitish Kumar Aug 11 '16 at 19:05
I prefer that using dynamic call instead of writing each possibilities exhaustively in order to prevent adding cases manually in the future. – Benyi Apr 01 '18 at 08:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 12 '16 at 11:52

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You need a method that will fire the appropriate function

Route::post('/popup/{id}', 'PopupController@dispatch');

In PopupController

public function dispatch($id)
{
    return $this->$id()
}

then if your $id is someFunction you need to make sure your controller has function someFunction() method

edited Aug 12 '16 at 11:52

Nitish Kumar

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answered Aug 11 '16 at 19:12

Pawel Bieszczad

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Thanks, this is what I was looking for. – Nitish Kumar Aug 11 '16 at 19:15

How to have a dynamic controller in Laravel

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