#li3 > Lithium Documentation > lithium/net/http/Route::parse()

Extends

Attempts to parse a request object and determine its execution details.

Parameters

object $request A request object, usually an instance of `lithium\net\http\Request`, containing the details of the request to be routed.
array $options Used to determine the operation of the method, and override certain values in the `Request` object: - `'url'` _string_: If present, will be used to match in place of the `$url` property of `$request`.

Returns

mixed If this route matches `$request`, returns an array of the execution details contained in the route, otherwise returns false.

Source

						public function parse($request, array $options = array()) {
		$defaults = array('url' => $request->url);
		$options += $defaults;
		$url = '/' . trim($options['url'], '/');
		$pattern = $this->_pattern;

		if (!preg_match($pattern, $url, $match)) {
			return false;
		}
		foreach ($this->_meta as $key => $compare) {
			$value = $request->get($key);

			if (!($compare == $value || (is_array($compare) && in_array($value, $compare)))) {
				return false;
			}
		}

		if (isset($match['args'])) {
			$match['args'] = explode('/', $match['args']);
		}
		if (isset($this->_keys['args'])) {
			$match += array('args' => array());
		}
		$result = array_intersect_key($match, $this->_keys) + $this->_params + $this->_defaults;

		if (isset($result['action']) && !$result['action']) {
			$result['action'] = 'index';
		}
		$request->params = $result + (array) $request->params;
		$request->persist = array_unique(array_merge($request->persist, $this->_persist));

		if ($this->_handler) {
			$handler = $this->_handler;
			return $handler($request);
		}
		return $request;
	}