Reversing controller argument order in routes file fuelphp

Question

I am running a fuelphp app with a route that looks like this:

'lastname/:lastname/firstname/:firstname'=> '(@api)/mycontroller/my_method/$2/$1',

And then I have a method on my controller like this:

public function get_my_method($firstname, $lastname);

Unfortunately, what happens is the $firstname variable contains the :lastname passed in from the route, and the the $lastname variable contains the :firstname passed in from the route.

I've tried switching around the $2 and $1 from the routes file.

I'd like to keep the endpoint url untouched - I'd just like to reverse the argument order coming in to the controller method.

Anyone know how to accomplish this?

Answer 1

You need to wrap the segments in brackets to capture them rather than using named parameters.

'lastname/(:segment)/firstname/(:segment)' => '(@api)/mycontroller/my_method/$2/$1'

The alternative is to use $this->param('firstname') , etc, in your controller rather than having them passed as arguments to the action function.

http://fuelphp.com/dev-docs/general/routing.html#/advanced