RESTful Resource controller
A RESTful resource controller sets up some default routes for you and even names them.
Route::resource('users', 'UsersController');
Gives you these named routes:
Verb Path Action Route Name GET /users index users.index GET /users/create create users.create POST /users store users.store GET /users/{user} show users.show GET /users/{user}/edit edit users.edit PUT|PATCH /users/{user} update users.update DELETE /users/{user} destroy users.destroy
And you would set up your controller something like this (actions = methods)
class UsersController extends BaseController { public function index() {} public function show($id) {} public function store() {} }
You can also choose what actions are included or excluded like this:
Route::resource('users', 'UsersController', [ 'only' => ['index', 'show'] ]); Route::resource('monkeys', 'MonkeysController', [ 'except' => ['edit', 'create'] ]);