I’m not a regex ninja, but how’s this for you?
/\/(?<area>[\w\d\-_]+)?(\/(?<controller>[\w\d\-_]+))?(\/(?<action>[\w\d\-_]+))?(\/(?<param1>[\w\d\-_]+))?(\/(?<param2>[\w\d\-_]+))?/
I tried it against all of these examples and it looks like it’s working to me:
- /
- /site
- /admin
- /site/account
- /admin/user
- /site/pm/create
- /admin/user/create
- /site/pm/read/1
- /admin/user/edit/2
- /site/vm/view/1/2
- /site/pm/page-5
- /admin/user/page-6
If you do preg_match($pattern, $route, $matches); you should find that you have a $matches array that has named groups, so you would be able to check for $matches['area'], $matches['controller'], $matches['action'], $matches['param1'] and $matches['param2']