Route::has note detecting route resource - laravel

Question

I am trying to create links in the top nav menu using the code to check if the route name has a text pattern in it.
All is working except for one route which is also defined as a resource.
Below is my code in the web.php file
Route::get('/bookings', 'BookingController#index')->name('bookings');
Route::resource('/bookings', 'BookingController');
In the app.blade.php file I have the code:
#if (Route::has('bookings'))
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="{{ route('bookings') }}">{{ __('Bookings') }}</a>
</li>
#endif
I checked the routes in php artisan and its listed as existing.
| api,auth:api |
| | POST | bookings | bookings.store | App\Http\Controllers\BookingController#store | web |
| | GET|HEAD | bookings | bookings.index | App\Http\Controllers\BookingController#index | web |
| | GET|HEAD | bookings/create | bookings.create | App\Http\Controllers\BookingController#create | web |
| | PUT|PATCH | bookings/{booking} | bookings.update | App\Http\Controllers\BookingController#update | web |
| | GET|HEAD | bookings/{booking} | bookings.show | App\Http\Controllers\BookingController#show | web |
| | DELETE | bookings/{booking} | bookings.destroy | App\Http\Controllers\BookingController#destroy | web |
| | GET|HEAD | bookings/{booking}/edit | bookings.edit | App\Http\Controllers\BookingController#edit

Answer 1

Route::has('bookings') checks the route list for a route named bookings. While you've got a URL of bookings, its name in the route list is bookings.index - you don't have any route named bookings.
(Per your php artisan route:list output, your route from the Route::resource call is wiping out the earlier Route::get call. Remove that redundant/ignored Route::get definition.)
Route::has('bookings.index') should do the trick (and changing route('bookings') to route('bookings.index').