How to pass route values to controllers in Laravel 4?

To fix the issue you can do When you use the Route::resource method, you're actually creating many different routes in a single call:
GET /admin/products maps to an index method on the controller GET /admin/products/create maps to a create method on the controller POST /admin/products maps to a store method on the controller GET /admin/products/{id} maps to a show method on the controller GET /admin/products/{id}/edit maps to an edit method on the controller PUT/PATCH /admin/products/{id} maps to an update method on the controller DELETE /admin/products/{id} maps to a destroy method on the controller

// Here is a single GET route
Route::get('products', 'App\Controllers\Admin\ProductsController@index');
// Here is a single POST route
Route::post('products/parser', 'App\Controllers\Admin\ProductsController@parser');

$ php artisan routes

should help you out I have a route, based on the term i need to call the appropriate controller. for e.g , Create middleware IsBrand, & check if brand exists?

Route::group(['middleware' => 'IsBrand'], function () {
    Route::get('{term}', 'BrandController');
});

Route::group(['middleware' => 'IsUser'], function () {
    Route::get('{term}', 'UserController');
});

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class IsBrand
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if (App\Brand::where('brand_name', $term)->count())) {
            return $next($request);
        }
    }

}

wish of those help As we know in Laravel 5.2 Route::controller() and Route::controllers() method was deprecated but it was very handy for reducing the number of routes. I was able to write simple route like this Route::controller('admin/invoice','InvoiceController'). With this simple one route, I can manage all things related to making invoice related work by a controller. , You can use Route::resource() or Route::resources().
Example:

Route::resource('books', 'BookController');

class BookController extends Controller {
    // to list resources.
    public function index();

    // to show create form. 
    public function create(); 

    // to store resource in database. 
    public function store(); 

    // to show single resource. 
    public function show(); 

    // to show edit form. 
    public function edit(); 

    // to edit and then store the modified resource in database. 
    public function update();

    // to delete a resource from database. 
    public function destroy(); 
}