What are the benefits of using FastRoute as a PHP router compared to building a custom solution?

FastRoute is a standalone PHP routing library that provides fast and efficient routing for web applications. Using FastRoute can save developers time and effort compared to building a custom routing solution from scratch. FastRoute simplifies the process of defining routes and handling requests, making it easier to manage and maintain a web application's routing logic. 

// Example of using FastRoute to define routes in a PHP application

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use FastRoute\RouteCollector;

$dispatcher = FastRoute\simpleDispatcher(function(RouteCollector $r) {
    $r->addRoute('GET', '/users', 'UserController@index');
    $r->addRoute('GET', '/users/{id:\d+}', 'UserController@show');
    $r->addRoute('POST', '/users', 'UserController@store');
});

$httpMethod = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
$uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

$routeInfo = $dispatcher->dispatch($httpMethod, $uri);

switch ($routeInfo[0]) {
    case FastRoute\Dispatcher::NOT_FOUND:
        echo '404 - Not Found';
        break;
    case FastRoute\Dispatcher::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED:
        echo '405 - Method Not Allowed';
        break;
    case FastRoute\Dispatcher::FOUND:
        $handler = $routeInfo[1];
        $vars = $routeInfo[2];
        // Call the controller method based on the route
        break;
}

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