CakePHP - How to do reverse routing with slug?

Question

I am using CakePHP 1.3. I have a Product model. on the DB table among others there are id and slug fields.

If I have a product that is

Answer 1

For routing:

Router::connect(
    '/products/:id/:slug',
    array('controller' => 'products', 'action' => 'view'),
    array('pass' => array('id'), 'id' => '[0-9]+')
);

Your links should look like this:

echo $html->link(
    'Product 37', 
    array('controller'=>'products', 'action' => 'view', 'id' => 37, 'slug' => 'my-product-title')
);

You have to add additional (key => value) to your array for each :param in your routing. Then magic will work