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Expand Up @@ -1067,13 +1067,13 @@ a route+parameters back to a URL. The
:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Routing\\Router::generate` methods form this bi-directional
system. Take the ``blog_show`` example route from earlier::

$params = $router->match('/blog/my-blog-post');
$params = $this->get('router')->match('/blog/my-blog-post');
// array(
// 'slug' => 'my-blog-post',
// '_controller' => 'AcmeBlogBundle:Blog:show',
// )

$uri = $router->generate('blog_show', array('slug' => 'my-blog-post'));
$uri = $this->get('router')->generate('blog_show', array('slug' => 'my-blog-post'));
// /blog/my-blog-post

To generate a URL, you need to specify the name of the route (e.g. ``blog_show``)
Expand All @@ -1086,13 +1086,22 @@ that route. With this information, any URL can easily be generated::
{
// ...

$url = $this->get('router')->generate(
$url = $this->generateUrl(
'blog_show',
array('slug' => 'my-blog-post')
);
}
}

.. note::

In controllers extending from the base
:class:`Symfony\\Bundle\\FrameworkBundle\\Controller\\Controller`,
you can use the
:method:`Symfony\\Bundle\\FrameworkBundle\\Controller\\Controller::generateUrl`
method which call's the router service's
:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Routing\\Router::generate` method.

In an upcoming section, you'll learn how to generate URLs from inside templates.

.. tip::
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