How to dynamically handle Laravel routes using variable in slug - laravel

Question

I want to have a route entry that dynamically handles requests based on the slug in the URL. I tried the code below, but the closure seems to be getting in the way. I replaced the closure with controller actions, too, and tried other options without success. The best I came up with thus far is below:
$bladeFiles = [
"about-us",
"join",
"contact",
];
foreach ($bladeFiles as $thisView) {
Route::get($thisView, function () {
global $thisView;
if (View::exists($thisView)) {
return view($thisView);
} else {
return redirect()->route('homepage');
}
})->name($thisView);
}
The issue with the above snippet is that global $thisView is always null inside the closure.
Thoughts?

Answer 1

Try passing the $thisView through with the use:
$bladeFiles = [
"about-us",
"join",
"contact",
];
foreach ($bladeFiles as $thisView) {
Route::get($thisView, function () use ($thisView) { // <-- here
if (View::exists($thisView)) {
return view($thisView);
} else {
return redirect()->route('homepage');
}
})->name($thisView);
}

Answer 2

Hello i'm doing something very similar to what you want
Route::get('pages/{pageName}',function($pageName){
if(view()->exists('pages.'.$pageName)){
return view('pages.'.$pageName);
} else {
return redirect('/');
}
});
so what i'm doing is i'm having a folder with the name pages
i write the views into that folder with the slug names like contact-us.blade.php
when i go to the route "pages/contact-us" it searches for that view in the folder
if it exists it returns the view else just redirect to the home page
the only difference in my code that you will have to call the routes like that
{{url('pages/"$pageName"')}} instead of {{rout($pageName)}}
i hope my code helps