Can we use $router->getRoutes("*")

can we use $router->getRoutes("*") to get all defined routes instead of $router->getRoutes()
because I notices that if we run $router->getRoutes() while we are in POST it will only return the post routes  only not all routes.
and also I notices that using

PHP Code:

$router = Services::routes();
dd($router->getRoutes("*")); 


 
will return nothing (array size of 0);

I see the default value in codeigniter4/framework/system/Router/RouteCollection.php line  190-195  like this:

PHP Code:

  /**
    * The current method that the script is being called by.
    *
    * @var string HTTP verb (lower case) like `get`,`post` or `*`
    */
    protected $HTTPVerb = '*'; 


can we use $router->getRoutes("*") to get all defined routes instead of $router->getRoutes()

No, as you see the code, the method is not for the purpose.

For what do you want to get all defined routes?

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See https://forum.codeigniter.com/showthread...#pid413266

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can we use $router->getRoutes("*") to get all defined routes instead of $router->getRoutes()

No, as you see the code, the method is not for the purpose.

For what do you want to get all defined routes?

I am planning to store string on database , and I want to make sure that string is nod already one of defined routes before storing it into the database.

see this function https://github.com/Extendy/SmartyURL/blo...hp#L42-L60

See system/Router/DefinedRouteCollector.php.
It is the class for the `spark routes` command.

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