laravel routing and 404 error

Question

I want to specify that if anything entered in the url address other than existing routes (in routes.php, then show 404 page.

I know about this:

App::abort(404);

but how can I specify the part where everything else except the routes defined?

Answer 1

You can add this to your filters.php file:

App::missing(function($exception)
{
    return Response::view('errors.missing', array(), 404);
});

And create the errors.missing view file to show them the error.

Also take a look at the Errors & Logging docs

EDIT

If you need to pass data to that view, the second parameter is an array you can use:

App::missing(function($exception)
{
    return Response::view('errors.missing', array('url' => Request::url()), 404);
});