Laravel Smart Redirect

A configurable Laravel 11 middleware package that handles URL redirection based on defined routes and uses Levenshtein distance to find the closest matching route for 404 errors.

Features

• Redirect URLs based on predefined rules
• Automatically find the closest matching route using Levenshtein distance
• Easily configurable parameters for route combinations

Installation

1. Require the package via Composer:

   composer require internetguru/laravel-smart-redirect

2. Publish the configuration file:

   php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Internetguru\\SmartRedirect\\SmartRedirectServiceProvider" --tag="config"

3. Register the service provider (if not auto-discovered) in config/app.php:

   'providers' => [
       // Other Service Providers
       Internetguru\SmartRedirect\SmartRedirectServiceProvider::class,
   ],

Configuration

After publishing the configuration file, you can configure your redirects and parameters in config/smart-redirect.php.

return [
    'redirects' => [
        // '/old-path' => '/new-path',
    ],
    'params' => [
        // 'locale' => ['en', 'cs'],
        // 'location' => ['racineves', 'kralupy'],
    ],
];

Usage

To always use the middleware, add it to app/Http/Kernel.php:

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'web' => [
        // Other Middleware
        \Internetguru\SmartRedirect\Middleware\Redirect::class,
    ],
];

You can also use the middleware only for some of the routes. Register the middleware in app/Http/Kernel.php:

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    'smart-redirect' => \Internetguru\SmartRedirect\Middleware\Redirect::class,
];

And then use it in your routes, e.g. in routes/web.php:

Route::get('/old-path', function () {
    return 'This is the old path.';
})->middleware('smart-redirect');

Example

Let's say you have a website with the following routes:

• /
• /about
• /contact
• /services
• /services/web-development
• /services/mobile-development
• /services/seo

And you want to redirect the following URLs:

• /web-dev to /services/web-development
• /mobile-dev to /services/mobile-development
• /seo to /services/seo

You can define the redirects in config/smart-redirect.php:

'redirects' => [
    '/web-dev' => '/services/web-development',
    '/mobile-dev' => '/services/mobile-development',
    '/seo' => '/services/seo',
],

Now, when you visit /web-dev, you will be redirected to /services/web-development.

If you visit a non-existing URL, e.g. /web, the middleware will automatically find the closest matching route and redirect you to the correct one.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.