Laravel Starter - PHP User Group (Myanmar)

We're using the make() method from Laravel's Hash class to create a salted hash of the
user's password.
Laravel Starter
Step 4 – Routing to a closure
Before we can move on and test our user model, we need to know a few things about routing
in Laravel. Routing is the act of linking a URL to a function in your application. In Laravel, it's
possible to route in two ways. You can either route to a closure or a controller action. As we'll
be going over controllers in more detail later, let's start by looking at how we can route to a
closuRoutes in Laravel are declared in application/routes.php. This file will represent the
connection between your site's URLs and the functions that contain application logic for your
site. This is very handy as other developers will be able to come into your project and know how
requests are routed, simply by reviewing this file.
Here is a simple example of routing to a closure:
Route::get('test', function()
{
return "This is the test route.";
});
We're using the Route::get() method to define the route. Route::get() registers a
closure with the router that specifically responds to a GET request at the specified URI. To
register a closure for the POST, PUT, and DELETE requests, you'd use Route::post(),
Route::put(), and Route::delete() respectively. These methods correspond to what
are commonly referred to as the HTTP verbs.
Typically, developers only interact with the GET and POST requests. When a user clicks on a link
or enters a URL in their address bar, they're creating a GET request. When a user submits a form,
they're typically creating a POST request.
The first argument for the Route::get() method is the URI for the route (the part of the URL
after the domain name), and the second argument is the closure which contains the desired
application logic.
Let's update the example and test the route.
Notice that instead of using echo to output the string we're returning it.
That's because whether you route to a closure or route to a controller
action, you should always return your response. This allows Laravel to
handle many situations in a robust way.
Now go ahead and navigate to http://myfirst.dev/test. You will see the message, This is
the test route.
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