.. index:: single: Controller; Forwarding How to Forward Requests to another Controller ============================================= Though not very common, you can also forward to another controller internally with the ``forward()`` method provided by the :class:`Symfony\\Bundle\\FrameworkBundle\\Controller\\AbstractController` class. Instead of redirecting the user's browser, this makes an "internal" sub-request and calls the defined controller. The ``forward()`` method returns the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\Response` object that is returned from *that* controller:: public function index($name) { $response = $this->forward('App\Controller\OtherController::fancy', [ 'name' => $name, 'color' => 'green', ]); // ... further modify the response or return it directly return $response; } The array passed to the method becomes the arguments for the resulting controller. The target controller method might look something like this:: public function fancy($name, $color) { // ... create and return a Response object } Just like when creating a controller for a route, the order of the arguments of the ``fancy()`` method doesn't matter: the matching is done by name.