Using default route parameters for non-required Kohana Route::url - kohana

Question

I have a route setup that looks like this:
Route::set('my_route', 'r/<controller>(/<action>)(/(<name>-)<hash>)', array(
'controller' => '[a-z]+',
'action' => '[a-z]+',
'hash' => '\w{13}',
'name' => '[a-z]+',
))->defaults(array(
'directory' => 'my_dir',
'controller' => 'welcome',
'action' => 'index',
'name' => null,
));
Which works by itself. The problem comes in when I try and build a URL from the route, like this:
return Route::url('my_route', array(
'action' => 'test',
));
I get this error message:
Kohana_Exception [ 0 ]: Required route parameter not passed: name
So if I set name to null, I get the same result.
If I set name to false, there is no error message, but the urls look like this:
/r/welcome/test/-
notice the - on the end?
Now I could strip that off, but I'm hoping there’s a better way.

Answer 1

It seems to me that you are trying to fix your routing by using 1 route for all. This is not the right way to do things.
Just make multiple routes (maybe you have to tweak this):
Route::set('my_route', 'r/<controller>(/<action>)/(<name>-)<hash>', array(
'controller' => '[a-z]+',
'action' => '[a-z]+',
'hash' => '\w{13}',
'name' => '[a-z]+',
))->defaults(array(
'directory' => 'my_dir',
'controller' => 'welcome',
'action' => 'index',
'name' => null,
));
Route::set('my_route2', 'r/<controller>(/<action>)', array(
'controller' => '[a-z]+',
'action' => '[a-z]+',
'hash' => '\w{13}',
'name' => '[a-z]+',
))->defaults(array(
'directory' => 'my_dir',
'controller' => 'welcome',
'action' => 'index',
'name' => null,
));
Remember the route system is really powerful and more routes doesn't mean it gets slower. So just make as many clearly possible routes and don't try to run everything by 1 route.