php - Route [name] not defined in laravel 4.1 -

i have problem within routes , variable. need pass variable in foreach loop routes. here error meesage "route [patientname] not defined". here homepage.blade.php:

@foreach($patientslist $patients)                 <tr>                     <td>{{ $patients->name }}</td>                     <td>{{ $patients->email }}</td>                     <td>{{ $patients->address }}</td>                     <td>{{ $patients->phone_number }}</td>                     <td>{{ $patients->type }}</td>                     <td><a href="{{ url::route('patientname', array('pname' => $patients->name)) }}" class="view-profile">view profile</a></td>                 </tr>                 @endforeach 

routes.php:

route::get('patientname/{pname}','patientscontroller@getpatientname'); 

controller

<?php class patientscontroller extends basecontroller{     /*some functions*/     function getpatientname($patientname){         return $patientname;     } } 

solution 1
url::route generates link named route - expects route's name parameter. in code, not specify route's name, url helper cannot generate link , throws route not found error. check corrections below

//routes.php - specify route's name  route::get('patientname/{pname}', array('as'=>'patientname', 'uses'=>'patientscontroller@getpatientname')); 

now can safely use

<a href="{{ url::route('patientname', array('pname' => $patients->name)) }}" class="view-profile">view profile</a> 

important: remember run composer dump-autoload after modify routes.php file.

solution 2
on other hand, can change method url generation , use url::to. expects parameter containing path.

<a href="{{ url::to('patientname/'.$patients->name) }}" class="view-profile">view profile</a> 

conclusion refer documentation details on different ways of safe url generation based on routes
http://laravel.com/docs/routing

also sure check url helper docs useful stuff
http://laravel.com/docs/helpers#urls