Calling a laravel route with optional parameter

Question

I have my laravel route like this

Route::get('flight/{depdate}/{from}/{to}/{ftype}/{retdate?}/{total}/{class}',
'airlineController@index');

In this case when I call this route like this it works

http://localhost:8000/flight/2017-09-20/mumbai/delhi/return/2017-09-
20/2/business

But when I keep retdate optional while calling lie the below code the route is not found

http://localhost:8000/flight/2017-09-20/mumbai/delhi/one-way/2/business

what should i do to take care of the optional parameter retdate

thankxx any help will be appreciated

Simply, add the optional parameters at the end of the URL, e.g. Route::get('flight/{depdate}/{from}/{to}/{ftype}/{total}/{class}/{retdate?}', 'airlineController@index'); — Dev
– Dev, Commented Sep 22, 2017 at 6:08
You can add as many, but just have to take care of the sequence. Or use the POST request that you may easily take care of parameters that are optional or not set. — Dev
– Dev, Commented Sep 22, 2017 at 6:10
You can also pass the optional parameters as query string eg: <your route>?return=date&your additional optional parameters — linktoahref
– linktoahref, Commented Sep 22, 2017 at 6:40

Vision Coderz · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-22 06:08:58Z

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You can use optional parameter

Optional Parameters Occasionally you may need to specify a route parameter, but make the presence of that route parameter optional. You may do so by placing a ? mark after the parameter name. Make sure to give the route's corresponding variable a default value:

Route::get('user/{name?}', function ($name = null) {
    return $name;
});

Route::get('user/{name?}', function ($name = 'John') {
    return $name;
});

Ref: https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/routing#parameters-optional-parameters

answered Sep 22, 2017 at 6:08

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Saurabh Gupta Over a year ago

what if i have tow optional parameters ? just in case

Vision Coderz Over a year ago

you can add fany number i think

Saurabh Gupta Over a year ago

will it be good to do so ? i mean according to the standards or something

Vision Coderz Over a year ago

@SaurabhGupta.as dev said you can sue post .its better choice i think

Saurabh Gupta Over a year ago

i have learnt that to fetch data one should use get but post will also do right theres no harm in it?

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