How to Match a Route Based on the Host

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You can also match any route with the HTTP host of the incoming request.

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// src/AppBundle/Controller/MainController.php
namespace AppBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;

class MainController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/", name="mobile_homepage", host="m.example.com")
     */
    public function mobileHomepageAction()
    {
        // ...
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/", name="homepage")
     */
    public function homepageAction()
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Both routes match the same path, /. However, the first one will only match if the host is m.example.com.

Using Placeholders

The host option uses the same syntax as the path matching system. This means you can use placeholders in your hostname:

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// src/AppBundle/Controller/MainController.php
namespace AppBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;

class MainController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/", name="projects_homepage", host="{project_name}.example.com")
     */
    public function projectsHomepageAction()
    {
        // ...
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/", name="homepage")
     */
    public function homepageAction()
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Also, any requirement or default can be set for these placeholders. For instance, if you want to match both m.example.com and mobile.example.com, you can use this:

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// src/AppBundle/Controller/MainController.php
namespace AppBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;

class MainController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route(
     *     "/",
     *     name="mobile_homepage",
     *     host="{subdomain}.example.com",
     *     defaults={"subdomain"="m"},
     *     requirements={"subdomain"="m|mobile"}
     * )
     */
    public function mobileHomepageAction()
    {
        // ...
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/", name="homepage")
     */
    public function homepageAction()
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Tip

You can also use service parameters if you do not want to hardcode the hostname:

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// src/AppBundle/Controller/MainController.php
namespace AppBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;

class MainController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route(
     *     "/",
     *     name="mobile_homepage",
     *     host="m.{domain}",
     *     defaults={"domain"="%domain%"},
     *     requirements={"domain"="%domain%"}
     * )
     */
    public function mobileHomepageAction()
    {
        // ...
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/", name="homepage")
     */
    public function homepageAction()
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Tip

Make sure you also include a default option for the domain placeholder, otherwise you need to include a domain value each time you generate a URL using the route.

Using Host Matching of Imported Routes

You can also set the host option on imported routes:

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// src/AppBundle/Controller/MainController.php
namespace AppBundle\Controller;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;

/**
 * @Route(host="hello.example.com")
 */
class MainController extends Controller
{
    // ...
}

The host hello.example.com will be set on each route loaded from the new routing resource.

Testing your Controllers

You need to set the Host HTTP header on your request objects if you want to get past URL matching in your functional tests:

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$crawler = $client->request(
    'GET',
    '/',
    [],
    [],
    ['HTTP_HOST' => 'm.' . $client->getContainer()->getParameter('domain')]
);
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