In my app i have configured my navigation with ajax, so i can get my view's content (so only pure HTML) very quickly. I've also implemented javascript's history, so i can modify url on navigation.
But when i refresh the page on a url like my-app-/news, of course i get the same content asked by ajax: the view with only html, but in this case i need a complete view, not only the content.
route.php
Route::get('/', 'PagesController@index');
Route::get('/{page}', 'PagesController@ajaxCall');
PagesController.php
class PagesController extends Controller {
public function index(){
return view('pages.index');
}
public function ajaxCall($page){
return view('content.'.$page)->render();
}
}
How to create another route and method like my index where i can call the full view on page refresh?
You can detect if the request was made via AJAX:
class PagesController extends Controller {
public function index(){
return view('pages.index');
}
public function ajaxCall($page){
if(\Request::ajax()) {
return view('content.'.$page)->render();
} else {
return ... //complete view
}
}
}
It sounds very difficult.
The term 'ajax' is very trivial. What do you use? jQuery, AngularJS?
In your case, it's great to separate front-end and back-end. Use for example AngularJS (Single Page App!) that connects with your Laravel/Lumen back-end. Your back-end has to return json results only (RESTful controllers).
Read this documentation: http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/controllers#restful-resource-controllers
Why? I notice that you've troubles because mixing front-end and back-end. With for example AngularJS, you make a single page app. With routing, you can (re)load specific parts of the 'page'. It's also very easy to connect to the Laravel/Lumen API en handle the json output in your SPA. Your back-end has no (html) views and doesn't do redirects.
Nice example: https://scotch.io/tutorials/create-a-laravel-and-angular-single-page-comment-application