how to hide id from url in Laravel 6? - laravel

Question

hide id from url
https://wallpaperaccess.in/photo/162/download-wallpaper
i want url like this
https://wallpaperaccess.in/photo/download-wallpaper
ImagesController.php
public function show($id, $slug = null ) {
$response = Images::findOrFail($id);
$uri = $this->request->path();
if( str_slug( $response->title ) == '' ) {
$slugUrl = '';
} else {
$slugUrl = '/'.str_slug( $response->title );
}
$url_image = 'photo/'.$response->id.$slugUrl;
//<<<-- * Redirect the user real page * -->>>
$uriImage = $this->request->path();
$uriCanonical = $url_image;
if( $uriImage != $uriCanonical ) {
return redirect($uriCanonical);
}
Route
// Photo Details
Route::get('photo/{id}/{slug?}','ImagesController#show');
NOTE: i don't have any slug column in database, so can we use title as slug?

Answer 1

You should add a column field slug and auto-generate it from title
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
$slug = Str::slug($request->input('title'), '-');
In Models\Image.php
public function getRouteKeyName()
{
return 'slug';
}
In routes\web.php
Route::get('photo/{image:slug}','ImagesController#show');
In app\Http\Controllers\ImagesController.php
use app\Models\Image.php;
...
public function show(Image $image)
{
// controller will automatically find $image with slug in url
// $image_id = $image->id;
return view('your.view', ['image' => $image]);
}

Answer 2

In order to use a slug in the URL instead of an id, you'll need to...
Create a column in your table where you store the slug. A good way to make a slug unique is to append the actual id at the end. If you really don't want to see the id anywhere, you have no choice, you'll have to ensure the slug is unique yourself (there are a lot of ways to achieve this).
This is one way to automatically create an unique slug:
Make sure the slug column is nullable, then open your model and add these methods.
They are called "model events".
created is called when the model is, well, created.
updating is called when you are updating the model but before it's actually updated.
Using created and updating should automatically create the slug when you create or update a Images instance.
protected static function booted()
{
parent::booted();
static::created(function (Images $images) {
$images->slug = Str::slug($images->title.'-'.$images->id);
$images->save();
});
static::updating(function (Images $images) {
$images->slug = Str::slug($images->title.'-'.$images->id);
});
}
From a SEO point of view, updating the slug when the title change is arguably not a good practice, so you might want to omit this part (static::updating...), it's up to you.
Go to your model and add the following method:
/**
* Get the route key for the model.
*
* #return string
*/
public function getRouteKeyName()
{
return 'slug'; //or whatever you call the slug column
}
This way, the router will resolve your model by the slug, not the id.
In your route file, remove the id and change the name of the slug to match the name of your model:
Route::get('photo/{images}','ImagesController#show'); //here I'm assuming your model is Images from what I see in your controller
In your controller, change the declaration of your show method to this:
public function show(Images $images)
{
dd($images);
// if you did all this correctly, $images should be the Images corresponding to the slug in the url.
// if you did something wrong, $images will be an empty Images instance
//
//
// your code...
}
Images should be renamed to Image, models should not be plural. However, it should not make any difference here.