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line:263 at /cake/libs/router.php

Connects a new Route in the router.

(array) connect ($route, $defaults = array(), $options = array())

Connects a new Route in the router.

Routes are a way of connecting request urls to objects in your application. At their core routes
are a set or regular expressions that are used to match requests to destinations.

Examples:

`Router::connect('/:controller/:action/*');`

The first parameter will be used as a controller name while the second is used as the action name.
the '/*' syntax makes this route greedy in that it will match requests like `/posts/index` as well as requests
like `/posts/edit/1/foo/bar`.

`Router::connect('/home-page', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'home'));`

The above shows the use of route parameter defaults. And providing routing parameters for a static route.

{{{
Router::connect(
'/:lang/:controller/:action/:id',
array(),
array('id' => '[0-9]+', 'lang' => '[a-z]{3}')
);
}}}

Shows connecting a route with custom route parameters as well as providing patterns for those parameters.
Patterns for routing parameters do not need capturing groups, as one will be added for each route params.

$options offers three 'special' keys. `pass`, `persist` and `routeClass` have special meaning in the $options array.

`pass` is used to define which of the routed parameters should be shifted into the pass array. Adding a
parameter to pass will remove it from the regular route array. Ex. `'pass' => array('slug')`

`persist` is used to define which route parameters should be automatically included when generating
new urls. You can override persistent parameters by redefining them in a url or remove them by
setting the parameter to `false`. Ex. `'persist' => array('lang')`

`routeClass` is used to extend and change how individual routes parse requests and handle reverse routing,
via a custom routing class. Ex. `'routeClass' => 'SlugRoute'`

@param string $route A string describing the template of the route
@param array $defaults An array describing the default route parameters. These parameters will be used by default
and can supply routing parameters that are not dynamic. See above.
@param array $options An array matching the named elements in the route to regular expressions which that
element should match. Also contains additional parameters such as which routed parameters should be
shifted into the passed arguments, supplying patterns for routing parameters and supplying the name of a
custom routing class.
@see routes
@return array Array of routes
@access public
@static

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