Laravel LocaleRoute Helper For Easier Routing
Laravel's Url::defaults method has a caveat: model binding issues. Use global middleware? No! Create a helper instead, like localeRoute() for easier route generation in Blade.
I just read the Laravel news post about the Url::defaults method.
The article doesn't mention it has a caveat, that can cause a model binding problem.
Why would you use global middleware to make it easier to get a route in blade in the first place?
A less invasive way to solve this is to create a helper.
function localeRoute($name, $parameters = [], $absolute = true)
{
foreach (['locale' => 'en'] as $key => $value) {
if(array_key_exists($key, $parameters)) {
continue;
}
$parameters[$key] = $value;
}
return app('url')->route($name, $parameters, $...