CakePHP 2.2.4 Routes Snippet

routes.php

// Break url into params
    $requestURI = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
    $scriptName = explode('/',$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
     
    for($i= 0;$i < sizeof($scriptName);$i++)
            {
          if ($requestURI[$i]     == $scriptName[$i])
                  {
                    unset($requestURI[$i]);
                }
          }
     
    $param = array_values($requestURI);

// Only first 2 params are important
$param1 = $param[0];
$param2 = $param[1];



// Check to see if the first param matches a Page.link, it if does, do custom routing for page
if($param1 != "users" && $param1){
$pagelink = str_replace('-', ' ', $param1);

    $pagesModel = ClassRegistry::init('Page');
    $matchedpage = $pagesModel->find('first', array(
        'conditions' => array('Page.link LIKE' => "$pagelink"), 'recursive' => '-1'
    ));



if($matchedpage['Page']['id']){

    // domain.com/potc
    Router::connect('/' . $param1, array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'view', 'page_id' => $matchedpage['Page']['id']), array(
        'pass' => array('page_id'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+'
    ));

  
    // domain.com/potc/articles
    Router::connect('/' . $param1 . '/:controller', array('action' => 'index', 'page_id' => $matchedpage['Page']['id']), array(
        'pass' => array('page_id'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+'
    ));



    // domain.com/potc/articles/edit/99
    Router::connect('/' . $param1 . '/:controller/:action/:id', array('page_id' => $matchedpage['Page']['id']), array(
        'pass' => array('page_id', 'id'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+'
    ));

    // domain.com/potc/articles/99
    Router::connect('/' . $param1 . '/:controller/:id', array('action' => 'view', 'page_id' => $matchedpage['Page']['id']), array(
        'pass' => array('page_id', 'id'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+',
        'id' => '[0-9]+'
    ));


    // domain.com/potc/articles/topics
    Router::connect('/' . $param1 . '/:controller/:action', array('page_id' => $matchedpage['Page']['id']), array(
        'pass' => array('page_id'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+'
    ));



// other custom routing if Page.link matches
// other custom routing if Page.link matches
// other custom routing if Page.link matches

} // end if page matches
} // end if param1 is not users



// other routing
// other routing
// other routing



// Below matches routing if page does not have a Page.link


// domain.com/movies/106
Router::connect(
    '/:category/:page_id',
    array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'view'),
    array(
        'pass' => array('page_id'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+',
        'category' => 'shows|music|games|books|hobbies'
    )
);


// MODULE INDEX
Router::connect(
    '/:category/:page_id/:controller',
    array('action' => 'index'),
    array(
        'pass' => array('page_id'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+',
        'category' => 'shows|music|games|books|hobbies'
    )
);




// domain.com/movies/106/articles/edit/106
Router::connect(
    '/:category/:page_id/:controller/:action/:id',
    array(),
    array(
        'pass' => array('page_id', 'id', 'category'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+',
        'category' => 'shows|music|games|books|hobbies'
    )
);



// domain.com/movies/106/articles/106
Router::connect(
    '/:category/:page_id/:controller/:id',
    array('action' => 'view'),
    array(
        'pass' => array('page_id', 'id', 'category'),
        'page_id' => '[0-9]+',
        'category' => 'shows|music|games|books|hobbies'
    )
);