That is maybe a dumb question or asked many times (if so, answer with existing link and I will close this post).
Let’s say in laravel by example, when send model id in route, everything is ok in php. But when a route must optional parameter defined as null in Vuejs (or undefined), Php gets this parameter as string.
//vuejs in methods:
myFunction(id1, id2 = null) {
axios.post(`/api/model1/${id1}/model2/${id2}`)
.then((response) => {
console.log(response);
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err);
});
},
And
//Laravel routes/api.php for my api
Route::post('model1/{id}/model2/{id2}', 'SomeController@doThis');
Example: myapi/model1/{id1}/model2/{id2} and
myapi/model1/987/model2/null
So I get ‘null’ here for model2. (sometimes it is ‘undefined’ according to the situation)
What is the better way to deal with it?
without adding regex for my parameters? because I do not need regex for the first param what is id1.
I try to deal with it many times, but it seems I always come back to this problem from time to time. I need to keep this in my mind once for all.
2
Answers
You should do null checks when constructing the URL:
You should also make the 2nd parameter optional:
How making the your laravel route parameter as an optional :
Optional Parameter
add the
?
at themodel2
parameter.