Have you ever lost your train of thought while looking for a route in your Laravel project?

Scenario - Use Case

Odds are you have routes for admin dashboards, user preferences, content feeds, payment gateways, etc. How do you keep all these routes organized while staying organized?

Answer

Adding a custom route file is great for applying middleware and prefixes to every route in the file. The RouteServiceProvider provides an interface for registering additional routers.

How to Add a Custom Route File in Laravel

Open your app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php file in your favorite editor. In the boot method, you can register custom routers:

By default, Laravel registers a file for pages in the web.php file, and API endpoints in the api.php file. Each route group is assigned to a middleware group which is configurable in the app/Http/Kernel.php file:

To define a custom route file like dashboard.php start by adding a route group, and consider attaching a middleware group for more control:

Defining routes for a dashboard will be scoped to the prefix and middleware defined in the RouteServiceProvider class.

Conclusion

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