Error in Symfony2 when URL contains dot(.)

Question

I use Symfony 2.2.4, and I try desperately to generate URL (with Twig). In fact, I obtain always the same error when my URL cointain a dot.

For example : - Route: "my_route" - First parameter: "id" - Second parameter: "title"

In Twig:

{{ path("my_route", {"id" : 1984, "title" : "another...test"}) }}

I obtain the following error:

An exception has been thrown during the rendering of a template ("Parameter "title" for route "my_route" must match "[^/.]++" ("another...test" given) to generate a corresponding URL.") in ...

I've tried with Symfony 2.0.3, and there are no problem.

Have you got an idea to resolve this problem?

Thanks by advance for your help.

Best regards

Answer 1

If you use a suffix, you should add it in the requirement of the route and use {_format} instead of "html" :

Example from the documentation :

article_show:
  path:     /id/{title}.{_format}
  defaults: { _controller: AcmeDemoBundle:Article:show, _format: html }
  requirements:
      _format:  html
      title:     .+

EDIT :

You should avoid using dots (".") for your parameter. You should really use a slug of your title. But you could try in the requirements a regex to allow having dots in the title parameter.

  requirements:
      _format:  html
      title:     .+