What is 'as', 'uses' for in Laravel

Question

Explain, please, what is the purpose of 'as' and 'uses'. I do not understand the principle of these words.

Route::get('user/profile', array('as' => 'profile', 'uses' => 'UserController@showProfile'));

Accepted Answer · 2016-12-05T13:21:11

as - works as a prefix to the route, in your case it is better to simply replace as with the name method:

 Route::get('user/profile', array('uses' => 'UserController@showProfile'))->name('profile');

If you would leave 'as' => 'profile' and write the name('profile') then in the end route name would be profileprofile .

uses - says which controller to use and method, in your case it is also not necessary, it is easier to do this:

 Route::get('user/profile', 'UserController@showProfile')->name('profile');

Easier and clearer.

UPD. About the name method and how to use it is described in the documentation.

So, as I understand it, when you click on the / user / profile link, the showProfile method (function) will be executed in the UserController controller.
As I gave in the example above, the name method is needed to create a url by name, for example, you want to change the link, and you have to search everywhere where this link was and change it to a new one, here name allows you to get rid of it, read the documentation: laravel.com /docs/5.3/routing#named-routes (this is English, it should also be in Russian)

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