Slim Framework Optional Params Routes

Question

I'm new to php and I'm using Slim Framework to develop a simple Rest Api.

According to docs, Slim uses FastRoute .

I have a route with optional params (vendor and quantity) like that:

path/items/{id}/{name}/{price}[/{vendor}[/{quantity}]]

The problem is that if I leave vendor blank the value of quantity goes to vendor and quantity will not be filled. I understand that with fast routes I can't achieve that. But, how can I do it?

1. Can I do it with fast routes?
2. Can I do it with Slim?
3. Is there another framework that I can achieve what I want?
4. Should I use only query strings? (I think that is the answer, but I need a help from someone with more knowledge).

Thank you.

Answer 1

If you are going to have optional parameters, which are of the same types and can be sent in any order, you could either use query strings, or have a fixed format where you add something like 0 instead of omitting it. Example where "vendor" isn't set:

/10/somename/15/0/12

Then the parameters aren't optional in the URL/route but you can handle that in your controller instead, just ignoring them if the param is a zero.