How to Match a Route Based on the Host

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How to Match a Route Based on the Host

You can also match on the HTTP host of the incoming request.

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

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

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

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

Both routes match the same path /, however the first one will match only 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/Controller/MainController.php
namespace App\Controller;

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

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

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

You can also set requirements and default options for these placeholders. For instance, if you want to match both m.example.com and mobile.example.com, you use this:

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

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

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

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

Tip

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

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

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

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

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

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/Controller/MainController.php
namespace App\Controller;

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

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

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