Database Driven Routes Laravel 5.2

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Database Driven Routes Laravel 5.2

Table: url_alias

+----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------+------------+
| id | slug            | map_to                                    | params          | http_verb | middleware |
+----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------+------------+
| 1  | page/about-us   | Frontend\HomeController@showPage          | a:1:{i:0;i:4;}  | GET       | web        |
| 2  | page/contact-us | Backend\DashboardController@getContactUs  | a:1:{i:0;i:4;}  | GET       | web        |
| 3  | page/contact-us | Backend\DashboardController@postContactUs |                 | POST      | web        |
+----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------+-----------------+-----------+------------+

• slug: self explanatory
• map_to: Namespace (if any) Controller @ method
• params: should be serialized array
• http_verb: register routes with http verb (GET|POST|DELETE|PUT|ANY)
• middleware: to wrap routes under specified middleware group

Inspired from philsown/53bc22d001db979481e4, i didn't want to run db query on each request thats why file generation method is the rescure here, call route-generation functionality after change made on url_alias table.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

routes.php

Route::get('/route-generation', function() {
    $db_routes = DB::table('url_alias')->get();
    
    $collection_routes = collect($db_routes)->groupBy('middleware');

    $makeRouteGroup = true;
    if ( $collection_routes->count() == 1 && $collection_routes->keys()->first() == '' ) {
        $makeRouteGroup = false;
    }

    $routes = ["<?php\n"];

    if ( true === $makeRouteGroup ) {
        foreach ($collection_routes as $middleware => $db_routes) {

            $tabRepeat = 0;
            if ( $middleware != '' ) {
                $routes[] = "Route::group(['middleware' => '".$middleware."'], function () {";
                $tabRepeat = 1;
            }

            foreach ($db_routes as $route) {
                $routes[] = str_repeat("\t", $tabRepeat) . 'Route::'.strtolower($route->http_verb).'(\''.$route->slug.'\', \''.$route->map_to.'\');';
            }

            if ( $middleware != '' ) {
                $routes[] = "});\n";
            }
        }
    } else {
        foreach ($db_routes as $route) {
            $routes[] = 'Route::'.strtolower($route->http_verb).'(\''.$route->slug.'\', \''.$route->map_to.'\');';
        }
    }

    \File::put( storage_path('framework/routes.php'), implode("\n", $routes) . "");
});

RouteServiceProvider.php

                // ...
                require app_path('Http/routes.php');

                if (
                    !$this->app->runningInConsole() &&
                    !array_key_exists(substr($this->app->request->getPathInfo(),1), \Route::getRoutes()->get( $this->app->request->getMethod() ) ) &&
                    is_file(storage_path('framework/routes.php'))
                ) {
                    require storage_path('framework/routes.php');

                    $uri = substr($this->app->request->getPathInfo(),1);

                    if (
                        array_key_exists($uri, \Route::getRoutes()->get( $this->app->request->getMethod() ))
                    ) {
                        $dbRoute = \DB::table('url_alias')->where('slug', '=', $uri)->first();
                        if ($dbRoute) {
                            $router->get($uri, function() use ($dbRoute) {
                                $segments   = explode('@', $dbRoute->map_to);
                                $controller = $segments[0];
                                $method     = $segments[1];
                                $obj        = $this->app->make($this->namespace . '\\' . $controller);
                                $params     = (!empty($dbRoute->params)) ? unserialize($dbRoute->params) : [];

                                return call_user_func_array([$obj, $method], $params);
                            });
                        }
                    }
                    unset($uri, $dbRoute);
                }

I love this approach but why not to just cache the routes rather than creating php code?