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Magento 2 routing defines a URL of the module.
The entire Magento 2 application flow is based on processing URL request and router classes which are responsible for matching and processing that requests.
The request URL in Magento 2 is http://example.com/index.php/router_name/controller/action
Here, the router_name is used to find the module.
When a request is made in Magento 2, controller/action: index.php → HTTP app → FrontController → Routing → Controller processing → etc flow is followed.
The FrontController is called in Http class to routing the request which will find the controller/action match.
vendor/magento/framework/App/FrontController.php
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 | public function dispatch(RequestInterface $request) { \Magento\Framework\Profiler::start('routers_match'); $routingCycleCounter = 0; $result = null; while (!$request->isDispatched() && $routingCycleCounter++ < 100) { /** @var \Magento\Framework\App\RouterInterface $router */ foreach ($this->_routerList as $router) { try { $actionInstance = $router->match($request); if ($actionInstance) { $request->setDispatched(true); $this->response->setNoCacheHeaders(); if ($actionInstance instanceof \Magento\Framework\App\Action\AbstractAction) { $result = $actionInstance->dispatch($request); } else { $result = $actionInstance->execute(); } break; } } catch (\Magento\Framework\Exception\NotFoundException $e) { $request->initForward(); $request->setActionName('noroute'); $request->setDispatched(false); break; } } } \Magento\Framework\Profiler::stop('routers_match'); if ($routingCycleCounter > 100) { throw new \LogicException('Front controller reached 100 router match iterations'); } return $result; } |
Steps to create a custom route on frontend and admin:
Prior to implementing the below method, you may refer to the tutorial on Magento 2 module development.
Create a frontend route:
Create routes.xml in app/code/[Vendor]/[Module]/etc/frontend Folder add the following code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | <?xml version="1.0" ?> <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:App/etc/routes.xsd"> <router id="standard"> <route frontName="helloworld" id="helloworld"> <module name="[Vendor]_[Module]"/> </route> </router> </config> |
Create admin route:
Create routes.xml in app/code/[Vendor]/[Module]/etc/adminhtml folder and add the following code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | <?xml version="1.0"?> <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:App/etc/routes.xsd"> <router id="admin"> <route id="helloworld" frontName="helloworld"> <module name="[Vendor]_[Module]"/> </route> </router> </config> |
Use route to rewrite controller:
Create routes.xml in app/code/[Vendor]/[Module]/etc/frontend Folder and add the following code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | <?xml version="1.0"?> <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:App/etc/routes.xsd"> <router id="standard"> <route frontName="helloworld" id="helloworld"> <module name="[Vendor]_[Module]"/> </route> <route id="account"> <module name="[Vendor]_[Module]" before="Magento_Customer" /> </route> </router> </config> |
That’s all about Magento 2 Routing!
What are your opinions and experiences with routers in Magento 2? Don’t forget to share them in the comment section below.
In case you feel you need some extra help, feel free to get in touch through the comment section and I will be there to help!
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