Laravel: Invokable Controller with specific action

Have you ever used Laravel Resource controller? Laravel resource routing assigns the typical CRUD routes to a controller with seven methods like, index(), create(), store() etc. Sometimes you need only one method but you are struggling how to name that method. Don’t worry, there’s __invoke() method.

You can generate a Invokable Controller with artisan command

php artisan make:controller ProductController --invokable

Define route in web.php,

Route::get('product/{id}', 'ProductController');

And finally the controller will be,

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Product;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class ProductController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Show the profile for the given user.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return Response
     */
    public function __invoke($id)
    {
        return view('product.view', ['product' =>   Product::findOrFail($id)]);
    }
}