routes

#Named route

$url = route('profile');

With parameters

// Route::get('/user/{id}/profile', /\*...\*/ )->name('profile);
$url = route('profile', ['id' => 1]);
// /user/1/profile/

With query string

// Route::get('/user/{id}/profile', /\*...\*/ )->name('profile);
$url = route('profile', ['id' => 1, 'photos'=>'yes']);
// /user/1/profile?photos=yes

#Redirects

// Generating Redirects...
return redirect()->route('profile');

#Eloquent Models

echo route('post.show', ['post' => $post]);

The route helper will automatically extract the model's route key. See Routing