CakePHP Custom route calling wrong action

Question

I have the following code in routes.php:

Router::connect('/c/details/:id/:slug',
    array('controller' => 'cars'),
    array('pass' => array('id', 'slug'))
);

If I try to access http://domain.com/c/details/123/abc, it works. However, if I remove abc (ie the slug), CakePHP tries to access the action 123 (which is the id, not the action).

Error: The action 123 is not defined in controller CarsController

If I use /c/details/:id/:slug/:action/*, which was what I had before upgrading from 1.2 (yeah, pretty old) to 2.2.1 and it was working fine, CakePHP also tries to access action 123 whether I have a slug or not.

URLs without slugs always worked before upgrading CakePHP and with the code I have in the controller, if there was no slug in the URL, it would redirect to the right URL.

Edit: I just checked and it seems that when I don't provide with a slug, the whole thing is shifted. c is ignored, details becomes the controller and 123becomes the action.

[request] => CakeRequest Object
    (
        [params] => Array
            (
                [plugin] => 
                [controller] => details
                [action] => 123
                [named] => Array()
                [pass] => Array()
                [isAjax] => 
            )

When the correct would be, and which is what I get if I provide with a slug:

[request] => CakeRequest Object
    (
        [params] => Array
            (
                [plugin] => 
                [controller] => cars
                [action] => index
                [named] => Array()
                [pass] => Array
                    (
                        [0] => 123
                        [1] => abc
                    )

                [id] => 123
                [slug] => abc
                [isAjax] => 
            )

Any idea what may be causing this issue now?

tigrang tigrang · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-07T05:15:55

You may need 2 routes if you want the slug to be optional (not sure). In any case, add the action key to each route as well.

Router::connect('/c/details/:id',
    array('controller' => 'cars', 'action' => 'details'),
    array('pass' => array('id'))
);

Router::connect('/c/details/:id/:slug',
    array('controller' => 'cars', 'action' => 'details'),
    array('pass' => array('id', 'slug'))
);

CakePHP Custom route calling wrong action

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