How to distinguish between category and product routes?

Question

Laravel

The bottom line is that I do the routes of the online store according to the CNC principle, I can’t understand how to distinguish the routes of categories and products
, we have the following:

Route::prefix('catalog')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/{category:slug}', [CatalogController::class, 'categoryDetail'])->name('category');
    Route::get('/{category:slug}/{subcategory:slug}', [CatalogController::class, 'categorySubDetail'])->name('subcategory');
});

That is, urls can be of the following types http://.../catalog/categoria1, http://.../catalog/categoria1/podkategoriathis is implemented, but it starts to be interesting how to implement the product route when the url can be http://.../catalog/categoria1/product1either

http://.../catalog/categoria1/podkategoria/product2

I can’t understand for a day now, I don’t think I’ll think of it, thanks to everyone, any advice will be very glad!

Answer 1

At the level of routing in this form - no way to distinguish. The method CatalogController::categorySubDetailmust first look for a product with that slug, and if it doesn't find it, then look for the directory. Well, or vice versa, as you yourself determine the priority.