Loader

Base contract for router definition loaders.

class Loader

Loader implementations are responsible for preparing route definitions from a specific source (for example files, attributes, or other providers) and may optionally perform request-time matching before the router falls back to in-memory route evaluation.

Lifecycle:

• Constructed by {@see Router} with router configuration.
• {@see self::initialise()} is called during router bootstrap.
• {@see self::evaluateRequest()} may return a pre-resolved route for an incoming request, or null to defer to other router matching strategies.

Properties

config

protected array $config

router

Owning router instance that created this loader.

protected Router $router

Methods

__construct

Loader constructor.

public __construct(Router $router, array $config): void

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$router	Router
$config	array

initialise

Initialises the basic router.

public initialise(): bool

evaluateRequest

Evaluates the request and sets the controller, action, and arguments based on the request path.

public evaluateRequest(Request $request): ?Route

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$request	Request	the request object

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