Laravel 101, URL to Route to Controller to View

In Laravel, routing is the process of mapping URLs to controller methods and then to views. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to create a URL to route to a controller to a view in Laravel:

Define the Route: The first step is to define a route in the routes/web.php file. This file is located in the root directory of your Laravel project. Open the file and add the following code:

Route::get('/your-url', 'YourController@yourMethod');

Replace /your-url with the desired URL path, and YourController@yourMethod with the name of the controller and the method you want to call.

Create the Controller: If you haven't created the controller yet, you can create it using the Artisan command line tool. Run the following command in your terminal:

php artisan make:controller YourController

Replace YourController with the name of the controller you want to create. This command will create a new file in the app/Http/Controllers directory with the name YourController.php.

Define the Method: Open the newly created controller file and define the method you want to call. For example:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class YourController extends Controller
{
    public function yourMethod()
    {
        return view('your-view');
    }
}

Replace yourMethod with the name of the method you defined in the route, and your-view with the name of the view file you want to return.

Create the View: If you haven't created the view file yet, you can create it using the Artisan command line tool. Run the following command in your terminal:

php artisan make:view your-view

Replace your-view with the name of the view file you want to create. This command will create a new file in the resources/views directory with the name your-view.blade.php.

Test the Route: You can test the route by visiting the URL in your web browser. For example, if your URL is /your-url, visit http://localhost/your-url in your web browser. If everything is set up correctly, you should see the contents of your view file displayed in the browser.