Using Kohana Routes to redirect

Question

I am using Kohana Framework 3.2

Usually in my bootstrap file, I can setup a Route::set like this:

Route::set('faq', 'faq')->defaults(array('controller' => 'home', 'action' => 'faq'));

This does so example.com/faq points to my controller home, action faq.

I would like to know if I can setup a redirection this way also?

So I can say that example.com/faq should redirect to example.com/thegreatfaqs?

Or must use route::set like the above, to a controller that then request redirects to /thegreatfaqs ?

Answer 1

There is nothing built in with Kohana to handle redirection within the routes.

What I typically do is route to a redirect controller which has all my redirect rules and I process the redirect there.

Answer 2

You can do this using a Route filter, but I think this is a Bad Idea since you're interrupting the normal flow of a Kohana application.

Route::set('redirecturl', 'redirecturl')
->filter(function($route, $params, $request) {
    header('Location: http://www.example.com/');
    exit;
});

I'd suggest a Redirect rule (Apache .htaccess) or a redirect from a dedicated controller action as mentioned by Scott is a much cleaner solution.

Answer 3

You can set your route like this....>

Route::set('faq', 'thegreatfaqs(/<action>(/<id>))')
->defaults(array(
    'controller'    => 'home',
    'action'    => 'faq',
));