Usage¶

The @Route annotation maps a route pattern with a controller:

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use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;

class PostController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/")
     */
    public function indexAction()
    {
        // ...
    }
}

The index action of the Post controller is now mapped to the / URL. This is equivalent to the following YAML configuration:

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blog_home:
    pattern:  /
    defaults: { _controller: SensioBlogBundle:Post:index }

Like any route pattern, you can define placeholders, requirements, and default values:

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/**
 * @Route("/{id}", requirements={"id" = "\d+"}, defaults={"id" = 1})
 */
public function showAction($id)
{
}

You can also define the default value for a placeholder with the PHP default value:

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/**
 * @Route("/{id}", requirements={"id" = "\d+"})
 */
public function showAction($id = 1)
{
}

You can also match more than one URL by defining additional @Route annotations:

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/**
 * @Route("/", defaults={"id" = 1})
 * @Route("/{id}")
 */
public function showAction($id)
{
}

Activation¶

The routes need to be imported to be active as any other routing resources (note the annotation type):

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# app/config/routing.yml

# import routes from a controller class
post:
    resource: "@SensioBlogBundle/Controller/PostController.php"
    type:     annotation

You can also import a whole directory:

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# import routes from a controller directory
blog:
    resource: "@SensioBlogBundle/Controller"
    type:     annotation

As for any other resource, you can "mount" the routes under a given prefix:

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post:
    resource: "@SensioBlogBundle/Controller/PostController.php"
    prefix:   /blog
    type:     annotation

Route Name¶

A route defined with the @Route annotation is given a default name composed of the bundle name, the controller name and the action name. That would be sensio_blog_post_index for the above example;

The name attribute can be used to override this default route name:

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/**
 * @Route("/", name="blog_home")
 */
public function indexAction()
{
    // ...
}

Route Prefix¶

A @Route annotation on a controller class defines a prefix for all action routes:

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/**
 * @Route("/blog")
 */
class PostController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/{id}")
     */
    public function showAction($id)
    {
    }
}

The show action is now mapped to the /blog/{id} pattern.

Route Method¶

There is a shortcut @Method annotation to specify the HTTP method allowed for the route. To use it, import the Method annotation namespace:

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use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Method;

/**
 * @Route("/blog")
 */
class PostController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/edit/{id}")
     * @Method({"GET", "POST"})
     */
    public function editAction($id)
    {
    }
}

The edit action is now mapped to the /blog/edit/{id} pattern if the HTTP method used is either GET or POST.

The @Method annotation is only considered when an action is annotated with @Route.

Controller as Service¶

The @Route annotation on a controller class can also be used to assign the controller class to a service so that the controller resolver will instantiate the controller by fetching it from the DI container instead of calling new PostController() itself:

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/**
 * @Route(service="my_post_controller_service")
 */
class PostController extends Controller
{
    // ...
}