Slim App : Pod/Controller Based Routing (Slim 2.6)

SlimApp.php

<?php

class SlimApp extends \Slim\Slim
{
	/**
     * Route Groups
     *
     * This is an override for adding the ability to have a callable class
     * to allow for a pod structure / tree hierarchy with individual classes
     * containing there own sub routers
     *
     * Added functionality to just append a class in a string and it will
     * call the routes function on that class in which you can include more routes
     *
     */
	public function group()
	{
		$args = func_get_args();
		$matches = array();
		$pattern = array_shift($args);
		$callable = array_pop($args);

		if (is_string($callable) && preg_match('!^([^\:]+)$!', $callable, $matches)) {
			$class = $matches[1];
			$method = 'routes';

			$callable = function() use ($class, $method, $args) {
				static $obj = null;
				if ($obj === null) {
					$obj = new $class($this, $args);
				}
				return call_user_func_array(array($obj, $method), array($this, $args));
			};
		}

		array_unshift($args, $pattern);
		array_push($args, $callable);

		call_user_func_array(array('parent', 'group'), $args);
	}
}