Question

So I’m working on a Silex project that is a checkbook register. The idea is that accounts have transactions. I am using the approach of having controller providers, so I am mounting the providers. It’s clear to me that I can just mount /accounts and /transactions for the respective controller providers. Since logically transactions are children of accounts, however, I was hoping to achieve this type of URL structure:

/account/1 = get request for account ID 1

/account/1/transaction/100 = get request for transaction ID 100, including account ID 1 as a parameter

Thanks in advance.

Edit:
I failed to mention that my controller setup looks as such:

bootstrap.php:

$app->mount('/account', new AccountControllerProvider());
$app->mount('/transaction', new TransactionControllerProvider());

AccountControllerProvider.php:

$controllers->put('/', 'Mogaard\Checkbook\Controller\AccountController::createAction')
    ->bind('account_create');
$controllers->get('/{account}', 'Mogaard\Checkbook\Controller\AccountController::displayAction')
    ->convert('account', $accountProvider)
    ->bind('account_display');
$controllers->post('/{account}', 'Mogaard\Checkbook\Controller\AccountController::saveAction')
    ->convert('account', $accountProvider)
    ->bind('account_save');
$controllers->delete('/{account}', 'Mogaard\Checkbook\Controller\AccountController::deleteAction')
    ->convert('account', $accountProvider)
    ->bind('account_delete');

TransactionControllerProvider.php:

$controllers->put('/', 'Mogaard\Checkbook\Controller\TransactionController::createAction')
    ->bind('transaction_create');
$controllers->post('/{transaction}', 'Mogaard\Checkbook\Controller\TransactionController::saveAction')
    ->convert('transaction', $transactionProvider)
    ->bind('transaction_save');
$controllers->delete('/{transaction}', 'Mogaard\Checkbook\Controller\TransactionController::deleteAction')
    ->convert('transaction', $transactionProvider)
    ->bind('transaction_delete');

I am looking to add a route for /account/{account}/transaction/{transaction}, but I am unsure of how to do it using mounted controller providers and without mixing transaction controller responsibilities into the account controller provider.

Answer 1

As suggested by Igorw, I’ll just post this as an answer (just in case the poster didn’t read the comment):

I may not be too used to silex, but have you tried

$app->get('/account/{accId}/transaction/{transId}'...)?

Edit:

Once you have that route traced, you could just forward /account/{accId}/transaction/{transId} to /transaction/account/$accId/transaction/$transId. It will be invisible to the user, just as an .htaccess would do. Or even use an .htaccess to map these routes to the one that fits you best.