Passing variables through the URL in Laravel - variables

Question

I am very new to Laravel and I am trying to fully understand how routes work. I want to pass variables through the URL. I understood how I do that, but my problem is a little different:
routes.php
Route::get("/user/{user}", array(
'as' => 'profile-user',
'uses' => 'ProfileController#user'
));
ProfileController.php
class ProfileController extends BaseController{
public function user($user) {
$user = User::where('username', '=', Session::get('theuser') );
if($user->count()) {
$user = $user->first();
return View::make('layout.profile')
->with('user', $user);
}
return App::abort(404);
}
}
In my View, simply:
{{ $user->username }}
Now my problem: This works somewhat, but after the press of a button, this URL will look something like this:
[this is not a link](http://localhost/tutorial/public/index.php/user/%7Buser%7D)
If I get to edit the URL to something like
[this is not a link](http://localhost/tutorial/public/index.php/user/Serban)
it does the same thing. But I do not wish to manually edit the URL. How can I get the second URL line without editing?

Answer 1

When you are building your form, pass the user argument like this
Form::open(array('route' => array('route-name-for-update', $user->username)))
You may also use Form Model Binding (read more on the doc):
Form::model($user, array('route' => array('user.update', $user->username)))
Here, user.update is the route name that requires a route defined with this name for update method.

Answer 2

Meanwhile, a more interesting approach for me is to do something like this:
Route::group(array('prefix' => 'user/{user}'), function()
{
Route::get("/{char}", array(
'as' => 'profile-user',
'uses' => 'ProfileController#user'));
}
);
Controller:
public function user($user, $char) {
$user = User::where('username', '=', Session::get('theuser') );
$char = Character::where('char_name', '=', 'Cucu' );
if($user->count()) {
$user = $user->first();
$char = $char->first();
return View::make('layout.profile')
->with('user', $user)
->with('char', $char);
}
return App::abort(404);
}
It doesn't seem for me to be able to do something like this at the push of a button
$logged_user = Session::get('theuser');
return Redirect::route('profile-user', $logged_user);
because I can't put 2 parameters in the Redirect function. This code will get the URL
[this is not a link](http://localhost/tutorial/public/index.php/user/SerbanSpire)
which obviously doesn't exist
The correct URL would be
[this is not a link]http://localhost/CaughtMiddle/tutorial/public/index.php/user/SerbanSpire/Cucu)
where SerbanSpire is the $user and Cucu is $char. How can I get the correct URL?

Answer 3

When you link to a route you will need to pass the param to the route like so
{{ route('profile-user', 'Serban') }}