---
date: 20201109
id: 0fae8bc3-e520-4515-b3ca-7d8b1003d132
title: Prefix all controller route names
---

# Introduction

From [Symfony 4.0](20201109140137-symfony_4_0) the class of a controller
can define the `@Route` annotation to set a common prefix for the URLs
used by the action methods:

# Syntax

``` php
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;

/**
 * @Route("/blog")
 */
class BlogController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/", defaults={"page": "1"}, name="blog_index")
     * @Route("/page/{page}", name="blog_index_paginated")
     */
    public function indexAction($page, $_format) { ... }

    /**
     * @Route("/posts/{slug}", name="blog_post")
     */
    public function showAction(Post $post) { ... }
}
```

Add a `name` property to the `@Route` annotation of the controller class
and that will be considered the prefix of all route names. The following
is equivalent to the previous example:

``` php
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;

/**
 * @Route("/blog", name="blog_")
 */
class BlogController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/", defaults={"page": "1"}, name="index")
     * @Route("/page/{page}", name="index_paginated")
     */
    public function indexAction($page, $_format) { ... }

    /**
     * @Route("/posts/{slug}", name="post")
     */
    public function showAction(Post $post) { ... }
}
```

# name~prefix~ option

In [Symfony 4.1](20201110152518-symfony_4_1) a new
[name~prefix~](20201110153351-name_prefix) option was added.