Drupal 8 Module Development - Second Edition

The URL

URLs in Drupal 8 are represented with the Drupal\Core\Url class, which has a number of static methods that allow you to create an instance. The most important of these is ::fromRoute(), which takes a route name, route parameters (if any are needed for that route), and an array of options to create a new instance of Url. There are other such methods available that turn all sorts of other things into a Url, most notably the ::fromUri() method which takes an internal or external URI. These methods can be very helpful, especially when dealing with dynamically obtained data. However, when hardcoding, it's always best to work with route names because that allows you to later change the actual path behind that route without affecting your ...