Hey,

I think you are looking for something like this

Route::group(array('prefix' => 'student'), function()
{
    Route::get('/', function()
    {
       return 'Student Home Page';
    });
    Route::get('{student_id?}', function($student_id)
    {
        return $student_id;
    })->where('student_id', '[0-9]+');//Allows only digits
    Route::get('{student_id?}/report', function()
    {
        return 'Report home page';
    })->where('student_id', '[0-9]+');//Allows only digits
    Route::get('{student_id?}/report/{report_id?}', function($student_id, $report_id)
    {
        return 'Student id is : ' . $student_id . ' and report id is : ' . $report_id;
    })->where(array('student_id' => '[0-9]+', 'report_id' => '[0-9]+'));//Allows only digits
});

evandertino said:

Hey,

I think you are looking for something like this

Route::group(array('prefix' => 'student'), function()
{
   Route::get('/', function()
   {
      return 'Student Home Page';
   });
   Route::get('{student_id?}', function($student_id)
   {
       return $student_id;
   })->where('student_id', '[0-9]+');//Allows only digits
   Route::get('{student_id?}/report', function()
   {
       return 'Report home page';
   })->where('student_id', '[0-9]+');//Allows only digits
   Route::get('{student_id?}/report/{report_id?}', function($student_id, $report_id)
   {
       return 'Student id is : ' . $student_id . ' and report id is : ' . $report_id;
   })->where(array('student_id' => '[0-9]+', 'report_id' => '[0-9]+'));//Allows only digits
});

Couple of questions.

1. Why are the student_id's optional?

2. Why not just define a pattern for student_id and drop the where clauses? Route::pattern('student_id', '[0-9]+');

Hi Evandertino,

I tried your solution and something similar to that previously and it didn't work.

My code in the first post works as here are the routes generated below:

 GET|HEAD student/{student_id}/report               | student.{student_id}.report.index   | ReportRecordController@index                  | auth           |               |
 |        | GET|HEAD student/{student_id}/report/create        | student.{student_id}.report.create  |    ReportRecordController@create       | auth           |               |
 |        | POST student/{student_id}/report                   | student.{student_id}.report.store   |   ReportRecordController@store        | auth           |               |
 |        | GET|HEAD student/{student_id}/report/{report}      | student.{student_id}.report.show    | ReportRecordController@show         | auth           |               |
 |        | GET|HEAD student/{student_id}/report/{report}/edit | student.{student_id}.report.edit    | ReportRecordController@edit         | auth           |               |
 |        | PUT student/{student_id}/report/{report}           | student.{student_id}.report.update  | ReportRecordController@update       | auth           |               |
 |        | PATCH student/{student_id}/report/{report}         |                                     | ReportRecordController@update       | auth           |               |
 |        | DELETE student/{student_id}/report/{report}        | student.{student_id}.report.destroy | ReportRecordController@destroy      | auth           |               |

The issue is that for the student.{student_id}.report.show route, instead of showing a report with the report id (provided in url), it shows with the student id.

So to clarify, it is picking up the student_id for the ReportRecordController@show, which is the wrong ID.

evandertino,

Perfect! That's exactly what I was looking for and it works!

Appreciate all the help :)

Thanks