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How to Configure a Redirect without a custom Controller

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How to Configure a Redirect without a custom Controller

Sometimes, a URL needs to redirect to another URL. You can do that by creating a new controller action whose only task is to redirect, but using the RedirectController of the FrameworkBundle is even easier.

You can redirect to a specific path (e.g. /about) or to a specific route using its name (e.g. homepage).

Redirecting Using a Path

Assume there is no default controller for the / path of your application and you want to redirect these requests to /app. You will need to use the urlRedirectAction() action to redirect to this new url:

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    # config/routes.yaml

# load some routes - one should ultimately have the path "/app"
controllers:
    resource: ../src/Controller/
    type:     annotation
    prefix:   /app

# redirecting the homepage
homepage:
    path: /
    controller: Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\RedirectController::urlRedirectAction
    defaults:
        path: /app
        permanent: true
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    <!-- config/routes.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<routes xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/routing"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing
        http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">

    <!-- load some routes - one should ultimately have the path "/app" -->
    <import resource="../src/Controller/"
        type="annotation"
        prefix="/app"
    />

    <!-- redirecting the homepage -->
    <route id="homepage" path="/">
        <default key="_controller">Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\RedirectController::urlRedirectAction</default>
        <default key="path">/app</default>
        <default key="permanent">true</default>
    </route>
</routes>
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    // config/routes.php
use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;

$routes = new RouteCollection();

// load some routes - one should ultimately have the path "/app"
$appRoutes = $loader->import("../src/Controller/", "annotation");
$appRoutes->setPrefix('/app');

$routes->addCollection($appRoutes);

// redirecting the homepage
$routes->add('homepage', new Route('/', array(
    '_controller' => 'Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\RedirectController::urlRedirectAction',
    'path'        => '/app',
    'permanent'   => true,
)));

return $routes;

In this example, you configured a route for the / path and let the RedirectController redirect it to /app. The permanent switch tells the action to issue a 301 HTTP status code instead of the default 302 HTTP status code.

Redirecting Using a Route

Assume you are migrating your website from WordPress to Symfony, you want to redirect /wp-admin to the route sonata_admin_dashboard. You don't know the path, only the route name. This can be achieved using the redirectAction() action:

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    # config/routes.yaml

# ...

admin:
    path: /wp-admin
    controller: Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\RedirectController::redirectAction
    defaults:
        route: sonata_admin_dashboard
        permanent: true
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    <!-- config/routes.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<routes xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/routing"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing
        http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">

    <!-- ... -->

    <route id="admin" path="/wp-admin">
        <default key="_controller">Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\RedirectController::redirectAction</default>
        <default key="route">sonata_admin_dashboard</default>
        <default key="permanent">true</default>
    </route>
</routes>
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    // config/routes.php
use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;

$routes = new RouteCollection();
// ...

$routes->add('admin', new Route('/wp-admin', array(
    '_controller' => 'Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\RedirectController::redirectAction',
    'route'       => 'sonata_admin_dashboard',
    'permanent'   => true,
)));

return $routes;

Caution

Because you are redirecting to a route instead of a path, the required option is called route in the redirect() action, instead of path in the urlRedirect() action.

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