Laravel: How to Get Current Route Name? (v5 ... v7)

Question

In Laravel v4 I was able to get the current route name using...

Route::currentRouteName()

How can I do it in Laravel v5 and Laravel v6?

Solution 1

Try this

Route::getCurrentRoute()->getPath();

or

\Request::route()->getName()

from v5.1

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
$currentPath= Route::getFacadeRoot()->current()->uri();

Laravel v5.2

Route::currentRouteName(); //use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Or if you need the action name

Route::getCurrentRoute()->getActionName();

Laravel 5.2 route documentation

Retrieving The Request URI

The path method returns the request's URI. So, if the incoming request is targeted at http://example.com/foo/bar, the path method will return foo/bar:

$uri = $request->path();

The is method allows you to verify that the incoming request URI matches a given pattern. You may use the * character as a wildcard when utilizing this method:

if ($request->is('admin/*')) {
    //
}

To get the full URL, not just the path info, you may use the url method on the request instance:

$url = $request->url();

Laravel v5.3 ... v5.8

$route = Route::current();

$name = Route::currentRouteName();

$action = Route::currentRouteAction();

Laravel 5.3 route documentation

Laravel v6.x...7.x

$route = Route::current();

$name = Route::currentRouteName();

$action = Route::currentRouteAction();

** Current as of Nov 11th 2019 - version 6.5 **

Laravel 6.x route documentation

There is an option to use request to get route

$request->route()->getName();

Solution 2

Using Laravel 5.1, you can use

\Request::route()->getName()

Solution 3

Found a way to find the current route name works for laravel v5 , v5.1.28 and v5.2.10

Namespace

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

and

$currentPath= Route::getFacadeRoot()->current()->uri();

For Laravel laravel v5.3 you can just use:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::currentRouteName();

Solution 4

If you want to select menu on multiple routes you may do like this:

<li class="{{ (Request::is('products/*') || Request::is('products') || Request::is('product/*') ? 'active' : '') }}"><a href="{{url('products')}}"><i class="fa fa-code-fork"></i>&nbsp; Products</a></li>

Or if you want to select just single menu you may simply do like this:

<li class="{{ (Request::is('/users') ? 'active' : '') }}"><a href="{{url('/')}}"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i>&nbsp; Users</a></li>

Also tested in Laravel 5.2

Hope this help someone.

Solution 5

If you need url, not route name, you do not need to use/require any other classes:

url()->current();

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Comments

[Md Rashedul Hoque Bhuiyan]

which namespace should i use to find route name? i have used Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route but result is null.

[lukasgeiter]

That is the correct class. Your route has probably no name assigned. Note that the route name and the URI is not the same.

[Kamil Kiełczewski]

Here is right answer stackoverflow.com/questions/27397487/…

[Yevgeniy Afanasyev]

Why would you need it?

[bonbon.langes]

this also works when you put it on the view as {{ route(\Request::route()->getName()) }} . Thanks so much!

[thelogix]

This returns an error: "Call to a member function current() on a non-object". url() returns a string, not an object, so i dont think this could ever have worked. Perhaps you were thinking about some other method or object, instead of url()?

[Fusion]

Nah, I use this on daily basis. Check official docs

[thelogix]

I see. This only works in version 5.2 or greater. But its quite nice.

[Rhys]

This is actually incorrect. the name() method will add or change the name, while the getName() method returns it.

[utdev]

Do you have an idea how to filter this for instance if one only wants to print in the view api routes api/...

[EM-Creations]

Route::currentRouteName(); perfect :)

[Yevgeniy Afanasyev]

Helper method is the best. Works with laravel-5.6

[Daniel Dewhurst]

$request::route()->getName() if you're already using the $request, or you can use the global helper request()::route()->getName().

[1stthomas]

@Daniel Dewhurst: Maybe it works on v < 5.7, but with v5.7 you must not use it statically, instead request()->route()->getName() is the way to go.

[Samuel Shifterovich]

Using the request() helper function is particularly useful in views. request()->route()->getName() is the best option.

[Guja1501]

request()->routeIs('route.name') latest way

[Renato Liibke]

also tested in Laravel 5.3

[SimonDepelchin]

There is also the Route::is('admin.*') that checks if the route name matches the given patterns.

[Crasher]

Thanks for a proper answer, lost 30 minutes trying useless suggestions.

[Amir Asyraf]

@Jonathan I believe it's always better to use the full namespace in order to avoid any potential conflict.

[aspirinemaga]

also tested in Laravel 7.5.2

[Tariqul Islam]

tested in Laravel 5.7

[EgoistDeveloper]

I think it is better choice in blade.

[ilubis]

agree with @DanielDewhurst you can check all the method in here Illuminate/Routing/Route

[Kamlesh]

I have used all 3 solutions in Laravel 8 version and none of them are working. // echo $route = Route::current(); echo $name = Route::currentRouteName(); echo $action = Route::currentRouteAction();

[Kamlesh]

any sugestion for laravel 8?

[Hmerman6006]

It should be request()->routeIs('home') in this instance to check route name or request()->is('home'). The latter Determines if the current request URI matches a pattern, while the former Determines if the route name matches a given pattern. So the former routeIs method I would suggest. Definitely not route()->is('home'). You will receive no such method error or route() method expecting 1 argument 0 given. [Source][ laravel.com/api/8.x/Illuminate/Http/Request.html ]

[Kamlesh]

Gettings error: Call to undefined method Laravel\Lumen\Routing\Router::current()