Do i have to define every controller method in routes.php? - laravel

Question

This is my current routes.php file:
<?php
Route::get('/', 'AdminController#index');
Route::get('/posts','PostsController#index');
Route::get('/posts/create','PostsController#create');
Route::get('/tags','TagsController#index');
Route::get('/health','HealthController#index');
Route::get('/health/create','HealthController#create');
Route::get('/health/categories','HealthController#categories');
Route::controllers([
'auth' => 'Auth\AuthController',
'password' => 'Auth\PasswordController'
]);
If i dont do that for exmaple, i canbt use helpers in blade views , like action. It throws a null exception.
So the question is, do i have to define here all the controller actions? Or else i will not be able to use them directly? For example in a redirect to action link.
Adding this to blade:
<a href="{{ action('PostsController#index') }}">
throws an exception UNLESS i specifically add the route with Route::get NOT working if i add an entry to Route::controllers.
Tried also
<a href="{{ action('\App\Http\Controllers\PostsController#getIndex') }}">
<a href="{{ action('\App\Http\Controllers\PostsController#index') }}">

Answer 1

The problem here are your controller action names. If you use implicit controller routes (Route::controllers) your method names have to start with an HTTP verb.
Instead of index() you need getIndex().
You can easily check what routes Laravel actually registers using the php artisan route:list command.
Generating an URL would then look like this:
<a href="{{ action('PostsController#getIndex') }}">
Note Controller routing only works if you add PostsController to the Route::controllers. (I assumed you did so but just to be sure)
Route::controllers([
'auth' => 'Auth\AuthController',
'password' => 'Auth\PasswordController',
'posts' => `PostsController`
]);